olla määrä
Finnish
Verb
olla määrä
- (impersonal, genitive + ~) to be obliged to, be supposed to (+ first infinitive)
- Hän teki kuten hänen oli määrä.
- He did as he was obliged to do.
- Kokouksen oli määrä päättyä kahdelta.
- The meeting was supposed to end at two.
- (impersonal) to be due to (+ first infinitive)
- Se on määrä sulkea viiden vuoden sisällä.
- It is due to close within five years.
Conjugation
- The verb is always used in the third person singular, but may be inflected in tense (such as present or past) and mood (such as indicative or conditional). The subject of the verb is inflected in the genitive case. To see the conjugated forms of the verb, see olla.
- määrä is not inflected.