ollut - olla, verb

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olla, verb

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ollut

ollut	olla	Verb, Active voice Participle with suffix nut Singular Nominative

	olla	Verb, Active voice Indicative Preterite Con negative form of verb Singular

	olla	Verb, Passive Participle with suffix nut Plural Nominative

	olla	Verb, Passive voice Participle with suffix nut Plural Nominative

	olla	Verb, Active voice Participle with suffix nut

	olla	Verb, Active voice Indicative Preterite Singular Con negative form of verb

	olla	Verb, Participle with suffix nut Active voice Singular Nominative

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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.

olla

määrä (“to be to, to be due to”)

Se on määrä

sulkea

viiden

vuoden

sisällä. ― It is due to close within five years.

genitive + 3rd-pers. singular + pakko + infinitive = to must, have to, be forced to:

Minun on pakko

lähteä

nyt. ― I have to leave now.

genitive + olisi (conditional) parasta + infinitive = had better + infinitive:

hiljaa. ― You had better be silent.

olla + long first infinitive = to be to do something (often implying that one is resigning to fate)

Hän

lähtee, jos on lähteäkseen. ― He'll leave if he is (fated) to leave.

(interjection): olkoon menneeksi (“(okay,...) why not, go ahead, (colloquial) what the hell”)

olkoonkin(, että...) (“never mind (that...)”)

olla

kunnossa (“to be in shape; to be in order”)

If used without an adjective, olla kunnossa is a positive expression, and one might as well say olla

hyvässä

kunnossa (to be in good shape/order):

Olen

kamalassa

kunnossa. ― I'm in an awful shape.

to be	olla, voida, tapahtua, kestää, merkitä, maksaa
to have	olla, saada, hankkia, nauttia, syödä, juoda
to constitute	muodostaa, olla, perustaa, asettaa, määrätä
to exist	olla, olla olemassa, elää
to hold	pitää, olla, omistaa, pitää kiinni, pidätellä, pidellä
to lie	olla, valehdella, maata, sijaita, levätä, olla haudattuna
to come	tulla, olla, saapua, esittää, käydä, tapahtua
to rest	levätä, olla, lepuuttaa, levähtää, jäädä, huilata
to carry	kuljettaa, kantaa, olla, siirtää, viedä, sisältää
to occur	esiintyä, tapahtua, olla, ilmaantua, sattua
to stand	seistä, seisoa, olla, kestää, sietää, pysyä
to feel	tuntea, tuntua, olla, tuntea olevansa, koetella, tunnustella
to amount to	merkitä, olla, nousta jhk
to sit	istua, olla, istuutua, sijaita, sopia, maata
to take place	tapahtua, olla
to offer	tarjota, antaa, tarjoutua, esittää, uhrata, olla
to reside in	olla
to figure	laskea, luulla, arvioida, arvella, olla mukana, olla
to be perched	istua, olla, sijaita
to fare	käydä, voida, olla
to pass	siirtää, kulkea, antaa, ohittaa, läpäistä, olla
to visit	vierailla, käydä, tarkastaa, asua, vierailla jkn luona, olla
to sport	kisailla, ylpeillä jllak, olla

Indicative

Indicative present

Singular

	Positive	Negative
i	olen	en ole
ii	olet	et ole
iii	on	ei ole

Plural

	Positive	Negative
i	olemme / ollaan	emme ole / ei olla
ii	olette	ette ole
iii	ovat	eivät ole

Indicative imperfect

Singular

	Positive	Negative
i	olin	en ollut
ii	olit	et ollut
iii	oli	ei ollut

Plural

	Positive	Negative
i	olimme / oltiin	emme olleet / ei oltu
ii	olitte	ette olleet
iii	olivat	eivät olleet

Indicative perfect

Singular

	Positive	Negative
i	olen ollut	en ole ollut
ii	olet ollut	et ole ollut
iii	on ollut	ei ole ollut

Plural

	Positive	Negative
i	olemme olleet	emme ole olleet
ii	olette olleet	ette ole olleet
iii	ovat olleet	eivät ole olleet

Indicative plusquamperfect

Singular

	Positive	Negative
i	olin ollut	en ollut ollut
ii	olit ollut	et ollut ollut
iii	oli ollut	ei ollut ollut

Plural

	Positive	Negative
i	olimme olleet	emme olleet olleet
ii	olitte olleet	ette olleet olleet
iii	olivat olleet	eivät olleet olleet

Conditional

Conditional present

Singular

	Positive	Negative
i	olisin	en olisi
ii	olisit	et olisi
iii	olisi	ei olisi

Plural

	Positive	Negative
i	olisimme	emme olisi
ii	olisitte	ette olisi
iii	olisivat	eivät olisi

Conditional perfect

Singular

	Positive	Negative
i	olisin ollut	en olisi ollut
ii	olisit ollut	et olisi ollut
iii	olisi ollut	ei olisi ollut

Plural

	Positive	Negative
i	olisimme olleet	emme olisi olleet
ii	olisitte olleet	ette olisi olleet
iii	olisivat olleet	eivät olisi olleet

Potential

Potential present

Singular

	Positive	Negative
i	ollen / lienen	en olle / liene / lie
ii	ollet / lienet	et olle / liene / lie
iii	ollee / lienee / lie	ei olle / liene / lie

Plural

	Positive	Negative
i	ollemme / lienemme	emme olle / liene / lie
ii	ollette / lienette	ette olle / liene / lie
iii	ollevat / lienevät	eivät olle / liene / lie

Potential perfect

Singular

	Positive	Negative
i	lienen ollut	en liene ollut
ii	lienet ollut	et liene ollut
iii	lienee ollut	ei liene ollut

Plural

	Positive	Negative
i	lienemme olleet	emme liene olleet
ii	lienette olleet	ette liene olleet
iii	lienevät olleet	eivät liene olleet

Imperative

Singular


i	-
ii	ole
iii	olkoon

Plural


i	olkaamme
ii	olkaa
iii	olkoot

Infinitive

Infinitive I

Nom	-	olla
Tra	-ksi	ollaksensa / ollakseen

Infinitive II

Ine	-ssa	ollessa
Ins	-in	ollen
Ine	-ssa	oltaessa (passive)

Infinitive III

Ill	mihin	olemaan
Ine	-ssa	olemassa
Ela	-sta	olemasta
Ade	-lla	olemalla
Abe	-tta	olematta
Ins	-in	oleman
Ins	-in	- (passive)

Infinitive IV

Nom	-	oleminen
Par	-ta	olemista

Infinitive V

olemaisillaan

Passive

	Positive	Negative
Present	ollaan	ei olla
Imperfect	oltiin	ei oltu
Potential	oltaneen	ei oltane
Conditional	oltaisiin	ei oltaisi
Imperative Present	oltakoon	älköön oltako
Imperative Perfect	olkoon oltu	älköön oltu

Positive

Negative

Present

ollaan

ei olla

Imperfect

oltiin

ei oltu

Potential

oltaneen

ei oltane

Conditional

oltaisiin

ei oltaisi

Imperative Present

oltakoon

älköön oltako

Imperative Perfect

olkoon oltu

älköön oltu

Participle

	Active	Passive
1^st	oleva	oltava
2^nd	ollut	oltu
3^rd	olema	-

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olla, verb

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Indicative

Indicative present

Indicative imperfect

Indicative perfect

Indicative plusquamperfect

Conditional

Conditional present

Conditional perfect

Potential

Potential present

Potential perfect

Imperative

Infinitive

Infinitive I

Infinitive II

Infinitive III

Infinitive IV

Infinitive V

Passive

Participle

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