olema

== English == === Noun === olema pl (plural only) Alternative form of ulema. === Anagrams === Meola, amelo-, amole, lame-o, lameo, maleo == Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *oldak, from Proto-Uralic *wole-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈolemɑ/, [ˈolemɑ] Rhymes: -olemɑ Hyphenation: o‧le‧ma === Verb === olema (da-infinitive olla) (copulative) to be (indicating that the subject and the complement of the verb form the same thing) (intransitive) to be (occupy a place) (copulative) to be, constitute, make up, form (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. (intransitive, impersonal + inessive) to have, to possess (as a feature or capability, as opposed to simple possession; almost always for inanimate subjects) (intransitive, impersonal + adessive or + genitive) to have (a sensation) (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. (intransitive) synonym of olemas olema (“to exist”) (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. (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. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === olema in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “olema”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈolemɑ/, [ˈo̞le̞mɑ̝] Rhymes: -olemɑ Syllabification(key): o‧le‧ma Hyphenation(key): ole‧ma === Participle === olema (rare) agent participle of olla ==== Usage notes ==== 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 ====