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No. 634 in Finnish

asukkaita

"Inhabitants" or "residents."

In a sentence

  • Tässä kaupungissa on paljon asukkaita.

    This city has many inhabitants.

    In this sentence, 'asukkaita' refers to multiple individuals who reside in the city, and it is partitive because it's quantifying an indefinite amount.

  • Kerrostalon asukkaita pyydettiin osallistumaan kokoukseen.

    The residents of the apartment building were asked to participate in the meeting.

    Here, 'asukkaita' refers to the residents of the specified apartment building and is used in partitive case due to the context of being addressed as a collective.

  • Joitakin asukkaita oli muuttanut pois viime vuoden aikana.

    Some residents had moved away over the past year.

    The word 'asukkaita' in this sentence signifies specific individuals among the residents, using the partitive plural to indicate the unspecified subset that has moved away.

  • Kaupungissamme on paljon asukkaita.

    There are many residents in our city.

    The word 'asukkaita' is used in the partitive plural form to describe an unspecified amount of 'residents'.

  • Luemme artikkelia, jossa kerrotaan asukkaita koskevista eduista.

    We are reading an article that describes benefits concerning the residents.

    Here, 'asukkaita' is in the partitive plural form, as the benefits mentioned pertain to 'residents' in general.

  • Tästä alueesta puuttuu asukkaita, koska se on syrjäinen.

    This area lacks residents because it is remote.

    In this context, 'asukkaita' is used in the partitive plural form, indicating a deficiency in the quantity of 'residents'.

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