Course email
Is the course place yours yet?
Read the difference between a waiting list, an offer and a confirmed place. Track who must act next.
Read the first situation
You asked to join a course that was full. This email offers a possible next step. Identify your current status and the action needed to change it.
Course email
Olet ollut jonossa iltakurssille, ja sinulle on nyt vapautunut paikka.
Ilmoita viimeistään torstaina, otatko paikan vastaan.
Jos emme kuule sinusta siihen mennessä, tarjoamme paikkaa seuraavalle jonossa olevalle.
Lähetämme aloitusohjeet, kun olet vahvistanut osallistumisesi.
English meaning of the text
You have been on the waiting list for the evening course, and a place has now become available for you.
Let us know by Thursday at the latest whether you accept the place.
If we have not heard from you by then, we will offer the place to the next person on the waiting list.
We will send the starting instructions once you have confirmed your participation.
Answer and reasoning for every choice
Supported answer: Vastata tarjoukseen ennen määräaikaa.
There are three states: waiting, being offered a place, and confirming participation. The email moves you into the second state, while your reply is needed for the third. Starting instructions come afterwards.
Evidence in the text
Ilmoita viimeistään torstaina, otatko paikan vastaan.
Let us know by Thursday at the latest whether you accept the place.
Jos emme kuule sinusta siihen mennessä, tarjoamme paikkaa seuraavalle jonossa olevalle.
If we have not heard from you by then, we will offer the place to the next person on the waiting list.
Lähetämme aloitusohjeet, kun olet vahvistanut osallistumisesi.
We will send the starting instructions once you have confirmed your participation.
Why the alternatives differ
- Odottaa ohjeita ottamatta yhteyttä.
- The instructions are sent after confirmation. Waiting silently would leave out the action required to accept the offer.
- Liittyä uudelleen saman kurssin jonoon.
- A place has already been offered. The next step is accepting or declining it, not starting the waiting process again.
- Vastata tarjoukseen ennen määräaikaa.
- The message asks whether you accept the place and states Thursday as the latest day for the reply.
Understand what has changed. The perfect can connect an earlier situation with its current result, as in on vapautunut paikka.
Notice the language
otatko paikan vastaan
whether you accept the place
The verb expression ottaa vastaan means accept here. The question asks for your decision rather than announcing that you have already accepted.
siihen mennessä
by then
Then refers to the deadline already mentioned, Thursday. It does not refer to the first lesson.
A course has not been confirmed
This email concerns whether an entire course will run. Read the present facts separately from the condition for going ahead.
A different situation
Viikonloppukurssi järjestetään, jos osallistujia on vähintään kaksitoista.
Tällä hetkellä ilmoittautuneita on kahdeksan.
Ilmoitamme tiistaina, toteutuuko kurssi.
English meaning of the text
The weekend course will be held if there are at least twelve participants.
At the moment, eight people have registered.
On Tuesday we will tell you whether the course will go ahead.
Answer and reasoning for every choice
Supported answer: Sen toteutuminen on vielä epävarmaa.
A condition that is not yet met is not the same as an announced cancellation. Keep quantities, decision dates and actual start dates in their own roles.
Evidence in the text
Viikonloppukurssi järjestetään, jos osallistujia on vähintään kaksitoista.
The weekend course will be held if there are at least twelve participants.
Tällä hetkellä ilmoittautuneita on kahdeksan.
At the moment, eight people have registered.
Ilmoitamme tiistaina, toteutuuko kurssi.
On Tuesday we will tell you whether the course will go ahead.
Why the alternatives differ
- Sen toteutuminen on vielä epävarmaa.
- The required number has not yet been reached, and a decision will be announced on Tuesday.
- Se on varmasti jo peruttu.
- The current numbers do not meet the condition, but the message does not say a final cancellation has happened.
- Se alkaa tiistaina kahdeksalta.
- Tuesday is the announcement day and eight is a participant count. Neither is stated as a lesson start time.
Read a realistic condition. A jos clause can make an event conditional without claiming the event has already happened.
Explain it yourself
Write a short reply accepting the evening course place. Ask for the information needed to attend the first lesson. Your draft stays on this page until you leave or reload. It is not submitted or automatically graded.
Compare a possible explanation
Hei! Otan kurssipaikan mielelläni vastaan. Voisitteko lähettää ensimmäisen tunnin ajan ja paikan? Kiitos!
Hello! I would be happy to accept the course place. Could you send the time and place of the first lesson? Thank you!
The reply gives the decision the organiser needs and asks for useful next information. It does not repeat a waiting list request.
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.