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Finnish
olla jotakin mieltä
Etymology
Literally, “to be of (some) mind”
Verb
olla jotain mieltä
- to opine, have an opinion, to be of the opinion, to think
- Mitä mieltä olet? ― What do you think? / What is your opinion?
- Olen sitä mieltä, että... ― I think that... / I'm of the opinion that...
Usage notes
- Alternative ways to express an opinion:
- Minusta meidän pitäisi... ― I think we should...
- (Minun) mielestäni meidän pitäisi... ― In my opinion we should...
Conjugation
See olla; mieltä is not inflected, and stays in the partitive even in verbal nouns.
Collocations
- olla samaa mieltä ― to agree, to concur (literally, “to be of the same opinion”) (+ elative = about)
Olen samaa mieltä kanssasi siitä, että jotain olisi tehtävä.- I agree with you on that something has to be done.
Olemme samaa mieltä.- We agree (with each other).
- olla yhtä mieltä ― to agree, to concur (literally, “to be of one/equal opinion”) (+ elative = about)
- olla eri mieltä ― to disagree (literally, “to be of a different opinion”) (+ elative = about)
- olla toista mieltä ― to disagree (literally, “to be of another opinion”) (+ elative = about)
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