Grammar - Define that!
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Words, words, words
Word play
All English
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These are the two types of articles with an example of each. (suomeksi)
ARTIKKELEITA ovat epämääräiset a ja an sekä määräinen the.
esim. an egg, a table, the table
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This is what TENSE means, grammarwise, with an example of the names of 3 different tenses. (suomeksi)
AIKAMUOTO on verbin muoto, joka kertoo toiminnan ajankohdasta. Englannin aikamuotoja ovat preesens, imperfekti, perfekti, pluskvamperfekti ja futuuri.
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This Finnish word means essential.
What is olennainen?
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This Finnish word is the OPPOSITE of import.
What is Export (viedä maasta)?
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This English word means a person who speaks English.
What is (an) Anglophone?
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This is the definition of an adjective and an example of one. (suomeksi)
ADJEKTIIVI kertoo, millainen joku tai jokin on.
+ esim.
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The past tense, what it shows, and an example in English & Finnish.
IMPERFEKTI kuvaa, mitä tapahtui. Se on verbin aikamuoto, joka viittaa lähimenneisyyteen.
esim. You'll never believe what happened yesterday!
Suomessa imperfektimuodossa on yleensä kirjain i: teki, meni, tapahtui.
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This English adjective is a synonym for overweight. It does not have as negative a connotation (associated idea) as fat.
What is plump?
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This is an explanation or the the Finnish word for native.
What is 'one born or reared in a particular place' or syntyperäinen.
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This English adjective describes someone who is a native of Spanish-speaking America or a descendant of such a person.
What is (a) Hispanic?
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This is the definition of a noun and an example of one. (suomeksi)
SUBSTANTIIVI voi olla yleisnimi (asia tai esine) tai erisnimi.
esim. Melissa, money, Madagascar
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This is what the present and past continuous tenses, the parts that make them up of and an example of each. (suomeksi)
KESTOMUOTO muodostetaan apuverbin be ja pääverbin -ing-muodon avulla. Se suomennetaan usein olla tekemässä.
esim. I am winning at Jeopardy!
I was eating a sandwhich when you called....
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This Finnish word means decade.
What is vuosikymmen?
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In this exerpt from Text 9, the term bolded means:
A few suck-ups quickly figure out which side Mr. Neck is squatting on...
What is a person who tries to get the approval of someone in authority by saying and doing helpful and friendly things that are not sincere, a sycophant, a bootlicker... (mielistelijä)
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The bolded word in the sentence is included in your vocabulary list. Explain it's meaning in either English (or Finnish).
The print, no matter the iteration, rarely goes out of style.
— 
Melisa Vargas, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2026
What is the action of repeating, creating another version (toisto, versio)?
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This is the definition of a predicate and an example of one. (suomeksi)
PREDIKAATTI on lauseenjäsen, joka ilmaisee mitä joku tekee tai mitä tapahtuu.
esim. The boat SANK.
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Explain the difference between the present perfect tense and the present perfect continuous and an example of each (suomeksi)
Yleisperfekti - Kuvaa päättynyttä tapahtumaa. Ex. I’ve written a composition. (Olen kirjoittanut aineen.)
Kestoperfekti - Kuvaa käynnissä tai kesken olevaa tekemistä. Ex. I’ve been writing this for hours, but it is still not finished. (Olen kirjoittanut tätä tunteja, eikä se vieläkään ole valmis.)
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This Finnish word means juggle as used here:
My mother worked an office job, and had to juggle her career, finishing her degree and raising two young children.
What is tasapainoilla?
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This Finnish idiom is an equivalent to the English idiom "a walk in the park."
What is helppo nakki?
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The word xenophobic, with Greek roots, means this.
What is having 'fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign'
In Finnish: muukalaisia vihaava
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This is the definition of a tag question and an example of one. (suomeksi)
LIITEKYSYMYS on eräänlainen keskustelustrategia ja se tarkoittaa ”Eikö totta?”.
esim. We're going to the beach today, aren't we?
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Explain the difference between the past perfect tense and the past perfect continuous and an example of each (suomeksi)
Past perfect - Kertoo, mitä oli tapahtunut. Ex. When I got to the station, the train had already left. (Kun pääsin asemalle, juna oli jo lähtenyt.)
Past perfect Continuous - Kuvaa pitkään jatkunutta tekemistä. Ex. Sue fell ill, because she hadn’t been sleeping enough.
(Sue sairastui, koska hän ei ollut nukkunut tarpeeksi.)
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These two words from text 5 both are translated as myöntää in Finnish.
What are admit and concede?
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The difference between 'bullying' and 'harassment'
What is bullying (kiusaaminen) and harassment (häirintä, kiusaaminen) both often involve aggressive behavior - BUT
- bullying often includes repeated actions with an imbalance of power
- harassment may involve a broader range of behaviors and may not always involve a power imbalance
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This is how the words monolingual, bilingual, and linguist are related. Explain the meaning of each.
What is they have to do with languages:
A person who speaks ONE language is monolingual.
A person who speaks TWO languages is bilingual.
A person who is accomplished in languages (i.e. speaks several) or specializes in linguistics (the study of speach) is a linguist.