Text Vocabulary
The word for epäilys in English
What is doubt?
Explain was lingua franca means.
What is a common spoken language which is not a mother tongue?
The Finnish name for this finger is nimetön.
What is 'ring finger' ?
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The OK gesture in English speaking countries has very different meanings in Brazil and Japan. What does it mean there?
What is:
It is considered obscene (needs to be censored) in Brazil and it means money in Japan.
Verbs ending in –ed are pronounced in three different ways. Tell what they are and give an example of each.
What is:
1./d/ - verbs ending in vowels and voiced consonants (soinnillisten konsonanttien) except after ’d.’ The verb keeps the same number of syllables.
The Smiths lived in London for twenty years. /lɪvd/
2./t/- voiceless consonants (soinnittomien konsonanttien) except after ’t.’ No additional syllables are added.
They watched three episodes of Friends in a row. /wɒtʃt/
3./ɪd/ - after verbs ending in /d/ or /t/.
The film ended at midnight. /ɛndɪd/
Counting centuries can be confusing. This is an example using centuries and hundreds, ex. 1800-luku
What is the 19th century IS the 1800s
What is the verb that describes what a swan does with its wings when it flies?
Some words for body parts are also names for animals. Name one.
What is a young cow - calf (vasikka or pohje), sole - fish (meriantura or jalkapohja), mole (maamyyrä or luomi)
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This is what happened in the Age of Enlightenment.
What is :
People started to emphasize the importance of discovery and education.
In a present perfect sentence (perfektilauseessa), there is usually an expression of time (ajanmääre) that tells us that the action started in the past has not finished completely. Name 2.
What is:
Expressions include: so far, never, for a month, since last year, recently (=viime aikoina).
This is the plural form of millennium.
What is millennia ?
This is the Finnish translation for 'wedge-shaped.'
What is kiilan muotoinen ?
The Finnish verb harrastaa has no direct translation in English. Name 5 different verbs to talk about how you spend your free time, using each in a sentence.
Answers may vary, but should be along the lines of:
What is :
My hobby is (NOUN, e.g., kickboxing).
I am into (NOUN, e.g. video games).
I play (NOUN, e.g. game or sport such as basketball).
I go (NOUN, e.g. often -ing muoto, such as bowling) in my free time.
I take (NOUN, such as guitar) lessons once a week.
I go to (NOUN, such as a sport like football) training three times a week.
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Amy Cuddy tells about six effects researchers found that followed a two-minute power pose. Name 3.
What is -
1) Testosterone increases significantly, 2) Cortisol drops significantly, 3) they take more risks, 4) their pain threshold is higher, 5) they think more abstractly, 6) they are more likely to do well in VERY stressful situations (ex. job interviews)
Tell me the difference between the imperfect tense and the present perfect tense and how they are used.
What is:
The past tense (imperfekti) expresses an action that ended in the past. It is completely finished. EX: I convinced my friend Eve to meet him, and he arrived at the right place at the right time (for once)…
The perfect tense (perfekti) expresses an action that has some connection to the present moment. This action may still be ongoing (vielä jatkua). EX: He has become a legend for all his dating failures 😆
Centuries are divided into these two time periods. I'll accept current OR previous names.
What is:
What are:
BCE (Before Common Era), previously called BC (Before Christ)
CE (Common Era), previously called AD (Anno Domini, In the year of our Lord)
The Finnish word maila is translated differently depending on the sport into 5 different words. Name the sport and maila for 4 different translations.
What is:
ice hockey, floorball, lacrosse → stick
tennis, badminton → racquet or racket
baseball, cricket, table-tennis → bat
golf → club
croquet → mallet
Eye contact and a strong handshake do this.
What is 'make the people feel equal?'
Tell me the difference between the present perfect continuous and the past perfect continuous tenses. You can also do this by giving an example.
What is:
Present perfect continuous is connected to the present tense (right now) somehow (I am thirsty), whereas past perfect continuous is connected to something which happened in the past (I was really thirsty).
I was really thirsty then. I had been running for two hours.
The word FACE in English has many meanings. Give 3 examples.
What is:
face (noun), the front part of a person’s head
e.g. She lifted her face to the sunshine.
face (noun), the surface of a thing
e.g. The rock face was covered in lichen.
face (verb), positioned with the front in a certain direction
e.g. Our summer place faces south.
face (verb), confront
e.g. You really need to face your fear of flying.
There's something fishy about how practice is spelled in British English. Tell me what it is.
What is in British English, Practice (with C) is a noun, but Practise (with an S) is a verb?
The English word "hall" can be translated into Finnish in 4 ways.
What is eteinen, aula, käytävä, talo (e.g. Tampere Hall = Tampere-talo)
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According to the video '60 seconds with Simone Biles,' tell me how many moves (and which formats) are named for her now, and possibly after the next Olympics.
What is:
What is two on the floor, one on the beam, and one on the vault.
After the Olympics there may also be two more.
According to the summary of different conditional statements (Yhteenveto erilaisista ehtolauseista), Tell me what tense the 'if clause' is in for each of these conditions:
1) if the main clause is in the future
2) if the main clause is in the 1st conditional (would + perusmuoto)
3) if the main clause is in the 2nd conditional (would have + 3muoto)
What is:
1) The if clause is in present tense (Ex. I will sing you a seranade, if you teach me how to play the mandolin.)
2) The if clause is in the imperfect tense (Ex. I would go to the opera, if I traveled to Vienna.)
3) The if clause is in the pluperfect, AKA past perfect (Ex. I would have bought us tickets to Swan Lake, if they hadn't already sold out.)