Sunday, March 7, 2021

Verb of the week: parantaa

 week 9, 2021 

parantaa: to heal, to improve

So the verb “parantaa” has two meanings:

- to heal, cure (used with the genitive form)

- to improve, to make better (used with the partitive form)


Hän paransi minut. = He cured me. 

Geeniterapia paransi metastasoituneen melanooman. = Gene therapy cured metastatic melanoma. 

Haluan parantaa tuota tuotetta vielä. = I want to improve that product still. 

Hyvin toteutettu lääkehoito parantaa ja lievittää oireita. = A well executed medical drug treatment improves symptoms and reduces their severity.  



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