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No. 329 in Finnish

saaneet

"Saaneet" means "have received" or "have gotten" in English.

In a sentence

  • He eivät ole saaneet vielä lahjojaan.

    They have not yet received their gifts.

    The word 'saaneet' is used in the past perfect tense to indicate that the action of receiving has not been completed yet.

  • Oletteko saaneet kaiken tarvittavan mukaan?

    Have you gotten everything necessary with you?

    Here, 'saaneet' is used in the perfect tense in a question context to inquire whether the action of getting everything has occurred.

  • Olemme saaneet hyviä uutisia.

    We have received good news.

    In this sentence, 'saaneet' is part of the perfect tense to indicate a recently completed action—receiving the good news.

  • He eivät ole saaneet viestiä vielä.

    They have not received the message yet.

    In this sentence, 'saaneet' is used as the past participle form of the verb 'saada', forming a past perfect construction with 'eivät ole', indicating an action that has not been completed (negative form) in a past context.

  • Olemme saaneet uuden opettajan tähän kouluun.

    We have received a new teacher for this school.

    Here, 'saaneet' is the past participle functioning to indicate that an action (receiving a new teacher) has been completed in the past with relevance to the present.

  • He ovat saaneet paljon kiitosta työstään.

    They have received much praise for their work.

    In this case, 'saaneet' again is in the structure of a perfect tense, indicating that the action (receiving praise) happened in the past but has ongoing relevance or importance.

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