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oleva

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoleʋɑ/, [ˈo̞le̞ʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oleʋɑ
  • Syllabification(key): o‧le‧va
  • Hyphenation(key): ole‧va

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. Some of the more common examples are sometimes mistakenly spelled as one word; oleva is, however, spelled separately.
    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/-ible (able to be X'ed). As in the above case, oleva is then dropped if used predicatively.
    kiistää (to deny) kiistettävissä oleva (deniable)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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Ingrian

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈoleʋɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫe̞ʋ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈoleːʋɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫˑe̝ːʋɑ]
  • Rhymes: -oleʋ, -oleːʋɑ
  • Hyphenation: o‧le‧va

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

More information Declension of (type 3/koira, no gradation), singular ...
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