oleva

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Finnish

Pronunciation

Participle

oleva

  1. present active participle of olla
    Pihallani oleva auto ei ole minun - se kuuluu leasing-yhtiölle.
    The car that is in my yard is not mine - it belongs to a leasing firm.
    Myöhässä oleva bussi on parempi kuin ei bussia ollenkaan.
    A bus that is late is better than no bus at all.

Usage notes

  • oleva is used when adverbs are used attributively or substantively, like in the latter example above.
    Bussi on myöhässä.The bus is late.myöhässä oleva bussithe late bus
  • Can be used with present passive participles in inessive plural (allative plural for some verbs) to represent "-able" (able to be X'ed). As in the above case, oleva is then dropped if used predicatively.
    kiistää (to deny)kiistettävissä oleva (deniable)

Declension

Inflection of oleva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative oleva olevat
genitive olevan olevien
partitive olevaa olevia
illative olevaan oleviin
singular plural
nominative oleva olevat
accusative nom. oleva olevat
gen. olevan
genitive olevan olevien
olevain rare
partitive olevaa olevia
inessive olevassa olevissa
elative olevasta olevista
illative olevaan oleviin
adessive olevalla olevilla
ablative olevalta olevilta
allative olevalle oleville
essive olevana olevina
translative olevaksi oleviksi
abessive olevatta olevitta
instructive olevin
comitative olevine
Possessive forms of oleva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative olevani olevani
accusative nom. olevani olevani
gen. olevani
genitive olevani olevieni
olevaini rare
partitive olevaani oleviani
inessive olevassani olevissani
elative olevastani olevistani
illative olevaani oleviini
adessive olevallani olevillani
ablative olevaltani oleviltani
allative olevalleni olevilleni
essive olevanani olevinani
translative olevakseni olevikseni
abessive olevattani olevittani
instructive
comitative olevineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative olevasi olevasi
accusative nom. olevasi olevasi
gen. olevasi
genitive olevasi oleviesi
olevaisi rare
partitive olevaasi oleviasi
inessive olevassasi olevissasi
elative olevastasi olevistasi
illative olevaasi oleviisi
adessive olevallasi olevillasi
ablative olevaltasi oleviltasi
allative olevallesi olevillesi
essive olevanasi olevinasi
translative olevaksesi oleviksesi
abessive olevattasi olevittasi
instructive
comitative olevinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative olevamme olevamme
accusative nom. olevamme olevamme
gen. olevamme
genitive olevamme oleviemme
olevaimme rare
partitive olevaamme oleviamme
inessive olevassamme olevissamme
elative olevastamme olevistamme
illative olevaamme oleviimme
adessive olevallamme olevillamme
ablative olevaltamme oleviltamme
allative olevallemme olevillemme
essive olevanamme olevinamme
translative olevaksemme oleviksemme
abessive olevattamme olevittamme
instructive
comitative olevinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative olevanne olevanne
accusative nom. olevanne olevanne
gen. olevanne
genitive olevanne olevienne
olevainne rare
partitive olevaanne olevianne
inessive olevassanne olevissanne
elative olevastanne olevistanne
illative olevaanne oleviinne
adessive olevallanne olevillanne
ablative olevaltanne oleviltanne
allative olevallenne olevillenne
essive olevananne olevinanne
translative olevaksenne oleviksenne
abessive olevattanne olevittanne
instructive
comitative olevinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Pronunciation

Participle

oleva

  1. present active participle of olla: present
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Niin kutsutaa maas olevia märkenyssiä kasvon ja elokkahiin jäännöksiä.
      This way the rotten remains of plants and animals present in the earth are called.

Declension

Declension of oleva (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative oleva olevat
genitive olevan oleviin
partitive olevaa olevia
illative olevaa olevii
inessive olevaas oleviis
elative olevast olevist
allative olevalle oleville
adessive olevaal oleviil
ablative olevalt olevilt
translative olevaks oleviks
essive olevanna, olevaan olevinna, oleviin
exessive1) olevant olevint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.