olema
English
Noun
olema pl (plural only)
- 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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Anagrams
- Meola, amelo-, amole, lame-o, lameo, maleo
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *oldak, from Proto-Uralic *wole-.
Verb
olema (da-infinitive olla)
- to be
Conjugation
Inflection of olema (ÕS type 36/tulema, irregular, no gradation)
| indicative | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | olen | ei ole | 1st sing. | olen olnud | ei ole olnud pole olnud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | oled | 2nd sing. | oled olnud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | on | 3rd sing. | on olnud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | oleme | 1st plur. | oleme olnud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | olete | 2nd plur. | olete olnud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | on | 3rd plur. | on olnud | ||||||
| passive | ollakse | ei olda | passive | on oldud | ei ole oldud pole oldud | ||||
| past | pluperfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | olin | ei olnud | 1st sing. | olin olnud | ei olnud olnud polnud olnud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | olid | 2nd sing. | olid olnud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | oli | 3rd sing. | oli olnud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | olime | 1st plur. | olime olnud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | olite | 2nd plur. | olite olnud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | olid | 3rd plur. | oli olnud | ||||||
| passive | oldi | ei oldud | passive | oli oldud | ei olnud oldud polnud oldud | ||||
| conditional | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | oleksin | ei oleks | 1st sing. | olnuksin oleksin olnud | ei oleks olnud poleks olnud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | oleksid | 2nd sing. | olnuksid oleksid olnud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | oleks | 3rd sing. | olnuks oleks olnud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | oleksime | 1st plur. | olnuksime oleksime olnud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | oleksite | 2nd plur. | olnuksite oleksite olnud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | oleksid | 3rd plur. | olnuksid oleksid olnud | ||||||
| passive | oldaks | ei oldaks | passive | olduks oleks oldud | ei oleks oldud poleks oldud | ||||
| imperative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||
| 2nd sing. | ole | ära ole | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||
| 3rd sing. | olgu | ärgu olgu | 3rd sing. | olgu olnud | ärgu olgu olnud | ||||
| 1st plur. | olgem | ärme oleme ärme ole ärgem olgem | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||
| 2nd plur. | olge | ärge olge | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||
| 3rd plur. | olgu | ärgu olgu | 3rd plur. | olgu olnud | ärgu olgu olnud | ||||
| passive | oldagu | ärgu oldagu | passive | olgu oldud | ärgu olgu oldud | ||||
| quotative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| voice | positive | negative | voice | positive | negative | ||||
| active | olevat | ei olevat | active | olevat olnud | ei olevat olnud polevat olnud | ||||
| passive | oldavat | ei oldavat | passive | olevat oldud | ei olevat oldud polevat oldud | ||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
| ma-infinitive | active | passive | da-infinitive | present | past | ||||
| nominative | olema | oldama | nominative | olla | olla olnud | ||||
| inessive | olemas | — | inessive | olles | olles olnud | ||||
| elative | olemast | — | participle | active | passive | ||||
| translative | olemaks | — | present | olev | oldav | ||||
| abessive | olemata | — | past | olnud | oldud | ||||
Derived terms
- pole
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈolemɑ/, [ˈo̞le̞mɑ]
- Rhymes: -olemɑ
- Syllabification(key): o‧le‧ma
Participle
olema
- (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, “4§”, 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.
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Usage notes
The object is practically always a period of time.
Declension
| 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 olemainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | olemin | |
| abessive | olematta | olemitta | |
| comitative | — | olemine | |
| Possessive forms of olema (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | olemani | olemamme |
| 2nd person | olemasi | olemanne |
| 3rd person | olemansa | |