Appointment message
Do you need to confirm the appointment?
Separate keeping an appointment from requesting a change. Notice what a negative necessity expression actually asks you to do.
Read the first situation
You receive this message after booking a routine appointment. Your task is to decide what to do if the time already suits you. Read for the required action before checking individual unfamiliar words.
Appointment message
Sinulle on varattu aika torstaiksi kello 9.30.
Jos aika sopii, sinun ei tarvitse vastata tähän viestiin.
Ota yhteyttä ajanvaraukseen viimeistään tiistaina, jos haluat vaihtaa ajan.
Vastaamatta jättäminen ei peru varausta.
English meaning of the text
An appointment has been booked for you for Thursday at 9.30.
If the time suits you, you do not need to reply to this message.
Contact the booking service by Tuesday if you want to change the appointment.
Not replying does not cancel the booking.
Answer and reasoning for every choice
Supported answer: Vastausta ei tarvitse lähettää.
Start with your situation: you can attend. That selects the condition jos aika sopii. Inside that condition, ei tarvitse means there is no obligation. The Tuesday instruction applies to a different situation, wanting a change.
Evidence in the text
Jos aika sopii, sinun ei tarvitse vastata tähän viestiin.
If the time suits you, you do not need to reply to this message.
Vastaamatta jättäminen ei peru varausta.
Not replying does not cancel the booking.
Why the alternatives differ
- Vahvistaa aika tiistaihin mennessä.
- Tuesday is the deadline for requesting a change. The message does not make it a confirmation deadline for someone keeping the appointment.
- Vastausta ei tarvitse lähettää.
- The second sentence removes the need to reply when the time suits you. The final sentence confirms that silence does not cancel the booking.
- Tehdä uusi varaus torstaina.
- An appointment already exists. Thursday is its scheduled day, not a day on which you must book again.
Understand ei tarvitse. Review how Finnish distinguishes an obligation from something that is not necessary.
Notice the language
sinun ei tarvitse vastata
you do not need to reply
The negative removes an obligation. It does not mean that replying is forbidden.
viimeistään tiistaina
by Tuesday at the latest
Attach the deadline to the action it belongs to. Here that action is contacting the service to change the time.
Try a different confirmation rule
This time you have a place at a small event. The wording changes the required action, so do not reuse the first answer automatically.
A different situation
Olemme varanneet sinulle paikan lauantain työpajaan.
Vahvista osallistumisesi vastaamalla tähän viestiin keskiviikkoon mennessä.
Jos emme saa vastausta, tarjoamme paikan toiselle osallistujalle.
English meaning of the text
We have reserved you a place at Saturday's workshop.
Confirm your participation by replying to this message by Wednesday.
If we do not receive a reply, we will offer the place to another participant.
Answer and reasoning for every choice
Supported answer: Lähetän vahvistuksen keskiviikkoon mennessä.
The first message said ei tarvitse vastata. This one says vahvista and gives a consequence for silence. Similar looking messages can require opposite actions.
Evidence in the text
Vahvista osallistumisesi vastaamalla tähän viestiin keskiviikkoon mennessä.
Confirm your participation by replying to this message by Wednesday.
Jos emme saa vastausta, tarjoamme paikan toiselle osallistujalle.
If we do not receive a reply, we will offer the place to another participant.
Why the alternatives differ
- Lähetän vahvistuksen keskiviikkoon mennessä.
- This message explicitly requires a reply to keep the place. The action follows from vahvista osallistumisesi.
- Odotan lauantaihin vastaamatta.
- The final sentence explains that a place can be offered to someone else when there is no reply.
- Pyydän aina uuden ajan.
- Nothing says that you must change the time. The request concerns confirmation of participation.
Follow a condition and its result. Use the condition to decide which instruction applies to the reader.
Explain it yourself
Explain the difference between the two messages in one or two sentences. Name the action required in each situation. Your draft stays on this page until you leave or reload. It is not submitted or automatically graded.
Compare a possible explanation
Ensimmäistä aikaa ei tarvitse vahvistaa. Työpajaan osallistuminen täytyy vahvistaa keskiviikkoon mennessä.
The first appointment does not need confirmation. Participation in the workshop must be confirmed by Wednesday.
The explanation compares the actual instructions. It does not rely on the shared topic of bookings or the presence of a weekday.
Your wording can differ from the example. Check whether it keeps the same meaning and uses evidence from the text. The exercise does not automatically assess your writing.