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(copulative) to be (indicating that the subject and the complement of the verb form the same thing)

Fin:

Minä olen onnellinen.

Eng:

I am happy.

Fin:

Minä olen lääkäri.

Eng:

I am a doctor.

(intransitive) to be (occupy a place)

Fin:

Minä olen kotona.

Eng:

I am at home.

(copulative) to be, constitute, make up, form

Fin:

Tuo on maanpetos.

Eng:

That constitutes (high) treason.

(intransitive, adessive + 3rd person singular + ~) to

have;

own, to

possess

omistaa (to own), omata (discouraged in most cases)

Fin:

Minulla on/oli/on ollut kissa (nom.). (when in positive sentences, countable nouns in nominative)

Eng:

I have/had/have had a cat.

Fin:

Minulla ei ole kissaa (part.). (when in negative sentences, countable nouns in partitive)

Eng:

I don't have a cat.

Fin:

Minulla on/oli/on ollut sinut (acc.). (when in positive sentences, personal pronouns in accusative)

Eng:

I have/had/have had you.

Fin:

Minulla ei ole/ei ollut/ei ole ollut sinua (part.). (when in negative sentences, personal pronouns in partitive)

Eng:

I don't have/didn't have/haven't had you.

(intransitive, inessive + 3rd person singular + ~) to have, to possess (as a feature or capability, as opposed to simple possession; almost always for inanimate subjects)

Fin:

Tässä autossa on kaikki lisävarusteet.

Eng:

This car has all the accessories.

(intransitive, ~ (olemassa)) to exist (the subject often indefinite = in partitive case -> verb in 3rd-pers. singular)

Fin:

Rakkautta ei ole (olemassa).

Eng:

Love doesn't exist.

(intransitive) to behave, act (as if...) (when followed by a essive plural form of a present active participle with possessive suffix, or a subordinate clause beginning with (ikään,) kuin, requiring conditional mood)

Fin:

Hän ei ollut huomaavinaan mitään.

Eng:

He behaved as if he hadn't noticed anything.

(transitive, auxiliary) to have (a verb to build active present perfect tense and active past perfect tense, taking active past participle, ending -nut/-nyt (singular) or -neet (pl.))

Fin:

Olen jo syönyt tänään.

Eng:

I have already eaten today.

Fin:

Olemme jo syöneet tänään.

Eng:

We have already eaten today.

Fin:

Olin jo syönyt.

Eng:

I had already eaten.

Fin:

Olimme jo syöneet.

Eng:

We had already eaten.

(transitive, auxiliary) to have (a verb to build impersonal simple past tense, impersonal passive present perfect tense and impersonal passive past perfect tense, taking passive past participle, ending -tu/-ty)

Fin:

Aamiainen oli jo syöty.

Eng:

Breakfast had already been eaten.

Fin:

Minulla on/ei ole rahaa (part.). (singular uncountable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences)

Eng:

I have/don't have money.

Fin:

Minulla on valta (nom.). (with an uncountable noun in nominative, the meaning or nuance of the sentence changes)

Eng:

I've got the power.

(intransitive, 3rd person singular) (there) be

Fin:

Pöydällä on kissa. (when in positive sentences, singular countable nouns in nominative)

Eng:

There is a cat on the table.

Fin:

Pöydällä ei ole kissaa. (when in negative sentences, singular countable nouns in partitive)

Eng:

There is no cat on the table.

Fin:

Pöydällä on/ei ole kissoja. (plural countable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences)

Eng:

There are (some) cats / There are no cats on the table.

Fin:

Lattialla on/ei ole rahaa. (singular uncountable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences)

Eng:

There is (some) / There is no money on the floor.

(intransitive, + genitive + 3rd person singular + passive present participle) to

have

something, must

something;

obliged/forced

something

Fin:

Minun (gen.) on nyt mentävä.

Eng:

I have to go now.

Fin:

Minun on palautettava kirja kirjastoon perjantaihin mennessä. ― that same in passive: nominative/accusative + 3rd-pers. singular + passive present participle, -tava/-tävä = to have to be done, must be done.

Eng:

I have to return the book to the library by Friday.

Fin:

Kirja (nom.) on palautettava kirjastoon perjantaihin mennessä. (countable nouns in nominative)

Eng:

The book has to be returned to the library by Friday.

Fin:

Onko sinut (acc.) hiljennettevä pakolla? (personal pronouns in accusative) ― (literally, “Do you have to be quietened by force?”)

Eng:

Do I have to make you shut your mouth?

(transitive) to

play

children's

game

leikkiä

In the sense “to have” the verb olla is always in third person singular form and the person who has something is indicated with adessive case. Grammatically the thing owned is the subject-complement of the sentence: minulla on ― I have

sinulla on ― you have

hänellä on ― he/she has

sillä on ― it has

meillä on ― we have

teillä on ― you have

heillä on ― they have

Lassilla on ― Lassi has

kaupungin

terveyslautakunnalla on ― the municipal health board has Same applies through all tenses, infinitives and participles (where they make sense), e.g. minulla

olisi

ollut ― I would not have had

minulla

rupeaa

olemaan ― I am beginning to have The meaning "there be" is rarely used without adverbials (such as those describing a location); it is more common to use olla olemassa in such cases.

olla (+ vähällä) + infinitive = to almost/nearly (do something accidental, harmful, wrong or fateful).

Olin (vähällä) kaatua lattialle. ― I almost fell on the floor.

olla + essive plural form of an active present participle (-vina/-vinä) + possessive suffix = to be supposed to do, pretend to do, put on airs of doing, affect:

Mikä

tämä on olevinaan? (speaker belittling the object in front of her/him) ― What is this supposed to be?

Olit

olevinasi

niin

täydellinen. ― You pretended to be so damn perfect.

olla + fifth infinitive + possessive suffix by person = to be about to do (when something happens preventing it):

Olin

lähtemäisilläni

ulos, kun

puhelin

soi. ― I was about to go out when the phone rang.