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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