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Three little sentences.

Look around with Jussi. Read three short sentences, notice a useful pattern and try it yourself.

Jussi sitting outside a wooden sauna beside a lake
From Think Finnish · Chapter 1: Hiljainen Jussi

Read and notice

Metsä on hiljainen.

Järvi on kylmä.

Sauna on lämmin.

Each sentence describes something. In these sentences, on means is. Start with the meaning; you can learn the grammar names later.

Now make it yours.

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01

Find the meaning

Metsä on hiljainen.

Which English sentence has the same meaning?

02

Fill the gap

Järvi ___ kylmä.

Choose the missing word: The lake is cold.

03

Build a sentence

The sauna is warm. Choose the words in this order: the thing, on, then its description.

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