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Noun

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olema pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of ulema
    • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 20:
      the land of Egypt was ruled by a Sultan endowed with justice and generosity, one who loved the pious poor and companied with the Olema and learned men

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *oldak, from Proto-Uralic *wole-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈolemɑ/, [ˈolemɑ]
  • Rhymes: -olemɑ
  • Hyphenation: o‧le‧ma

Verb

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olema (da-infinitive olla)

  1. (copulative) to be (indicating that the subject and the complement of the verb form the same thing)
  2. (intransitive) to be (occupy a place)
  3. (copulative) to be, constitute, make up, form
  4. (intransitive, impersonal + adessive) to have; to own, to possess
    Synonym: omama (to own)
    Mul on kass.I have a cat.
    Mul ei ole kassi.I don't have a cat.
  5. (intransitive, impersonal + inessive) to have, to possess (as a feature or capability, as opposed to simple possession; almost always for inanimate subjects)
  6. (intransitive, impersonal + adessive or + genitive) to have (a sensation)
  7. (intransitive, impersonal) there be
    Laual on kass.There is a cat on the table.
    Laual ei ole kassi.There is no cat on the table.
    Laual on kassid.There are cats on the table.
    Laual on kasse.There are (some) cats on the table.
    Laual ei ole kasse.There are no cats on the table.
    1. (intransitive) Synonym of olemas olema (to exist)
  8. (auxiliary) to have (a verb to build active present perfect tense and active past perfect tense, taking active the past participle ending -nud)
    Ma olen täna juba söönud.I have already eaten today.
  9. (auxiliary) to have (a verb to build impersonal simple past tense, impersonal passive present perfect tense and impersonal passive past perfect tense taking the passive past participle, ending -tud)
    Hommikusöök oli juba söödud.Breakfast had already been eaten.

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Derived terms

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References

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  • olema in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • olema”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈolemɑ/, [ˈo̞le̞mɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -olemɑ
  • Syllabification(key): o‧le‧ma

Participle

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olema

  1. (rare) agent participle of olla
    • 1939, E. A. Pulli, “USA:n sosiaaliset kasvot ovat muuttumassa”, in Työväen kalenteri, number 32, page 157:
      Tämän mukaan voi työläinen saada työttömyysavustusta yhden viikon aikana jokaista työssä olemaansa neljää viikkoa kohden.
      According to this, a worker may receive unemployment benefits for one week for every four weeks he or she is working.
    • 1969, “”, in Asetus valtion virka-ansiomerkistä annetun asetuksen muuttamisesta (229/1969):
      Palvelukseksi, jota 1 momentissa tarkoitetaan, luetaan siinä mainitussa virassa tai toimessa suoritetun palveluksen lisäksi myös se aika, minkä asianomainen virkasuhteen nojalla on ennen sanottua palvelusta tai sen jälkeen ollut muussa päätoimiseksi katsottavassa valtion palveluksessa, sekä aika, minkä hän sotatilan aikana on ollut sotapalveluksessa, samoin kuin lakkautuspalkalla olemansa aika.
      The period of service referred to in subsection 1 shall include, in addition to the period of service in the office or position mentioned therein, the period during which the person concerned, on the grounds of his or her status as a civil servant, held another government position as his or her main occupation prior or subsequently to the said period of service, as well as the period during which he or she has performed military service during a state of war, and the period he or she was receiving availability pay.
    • 1999 October 5, Erkki Pulliainen, “Puhemiesneuvoston ehdotus uudeksi eduskunnan työjärjestykseksi”, in parliamentary debates (Eduskunta), page 2007, column 1:
      Minusta tämä eduskuntatyö on kehittynyt tämän täällä olemani 12 vuoden aikana äärimmäisen paljon positiivisempaan suuntaan.
      In my opinion, during the 12 years I have been here, the parliamentary work done here has developed into an extremely more positive direction.

Usage notes

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olla is not a transitive verb, but this usage exists because of the so-called "object-like adverbials of quantity" (osma), in which a quantity (such as a period of time for some action) acts like an object syntactically. Because of this, for olema, the 'object' is practically always a period of time.

Declension

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Inflection of olema (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative olema olemat
genitive oleman olemien
partitive olemaa olemia
illative olemaan olemiin
singular plural
nominative olema olemat
accusative nom. olema olemat
gen. oleman
genitive oleman olemien
olemain rare
partitive olemaa olemia
inessive olemassa olemissa
elative olemasta olemista
illative olemaan olemiin
adessive olemalla olemilla
ablative olemalta olemilta
allative olemalle olemille
essive olemana olemina
translative olemaksi olemiksi
abessive olematta olemitta
instructive olemin
comitative olemine
Possessive forms of olema (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative olemani olemani
accusative nom. olemani olemani
gen. olemani
genitive olemani olemieni
olemaini rare
partitive olemaani olemiani
inessive olemassani olemissani
elative olemastani olemistani
illative olemaani olemiini
adessive olemallani olemillani
ablative olemaltani olemiltani
allative olemalleni olemilleni
essive olemanani oleminani
translative olemakseni olemikseni
abessive olemattani olemittani
instructive
comitative olemineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative olemasi olemasi
accusative nom. olemasi olemasi
gen. olemasi
genitive olemasi olemiesi
olemaisi rare
partitive olemaasi olemiasi
inessive olemassasi olemissasi
elative olemastasi olemistasi
illative olemaasi olemiisi
adessive olemallasi olemillasi
ablative olemaltasi olemiltasi
allative olemallesi olemillesi
essive olemanasi oleminasi
translative olemaksesi olemiksesi
abessive olemattasi olemittasi
instructive
comitative oleminesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative olemamme olemamme
accusative nom. olemamme olemamme
gen. olemamme
genitive olemamme olemiemme
olemaimme rare
partitive olemaamme olemiamme
inessive olemassamme olemissamme
elative olemastamme olemistamme
illative olemaamme olemiimme
adessive olemallamme olemillamme
ablative olemaltamme olemiltamme
allative olemallemme olemillemme
essive olemanamme oleminamme
translative olemaksemme olemiksemme
abessive olemattamme olemittamme
instructive
comitative oleminemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative olemanne olemanne
accusative nom. olemanne olemanne
gen. olemanne
genitive olemanne olemienne
olemainne rare
partitive olemaanne olemianne
inessive olemassanne olemissanne
elative olemastanne olemistanne
illative olemaanne olemiinne
adessive olemallanne olemillanne
ablative olemaltanne olemiltanne
allative olemallenne olemillenne
essive olemananne oleminanne
translative olemaksenne olemiksenne
abessive olemattanne olemittanne
instructive
comitative oleminenne