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olema
olema
English
Noun
olema (uncountable)
- Alternative form of ulema
- 1885, the land of Egypt was ruled by a Sultan endowed with justice and generosity, one who loved the pious poor and companied with the Olema and learned men — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Night 20)
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *oldak, from Proto-Uralic *wole-.
Verb
olema (da-infinitive olla)
- to be
Conjugation
Inflection of olema (ÕS type 36/tulema, irregular, no gradation)
| indicative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | olen | ei ole | 1st sing. | olen olnud | ei ole olnud pole olnud |
| 2nd sing. | oled | 2nd sing. | oled olnud | ||
| 3rd sing. | on | 3rd sing. | on olnud | ||
| 1st plur. | oleme | 1st plur. | oleme olnud | ||
| 2nd plur. | olete | 2nd plur. | olete olnud | ||
| 3rd plur. | on | 3rd plur. | on olnud | ||
| passive | ollakse | ei olda | passive | on oldud | ei ole oldud pole oldud |
| past | pluperfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | olin | ei olnud | 1st sing. | olin olnud | ei olnud olnud polnud olnud |
| 2nd sing. | olid | 2nd sing. | olid olnud | ||
| 3rd sing. | oli | 3rd sing. | oli olnud | ||
| 1st plur. | olime | 1st plur. | olime olnud | ||
| 2nd plur. | olite | 2nd plur. | olite olnud | ||
| 3rd plur. | olid | 3rd plur. | oli olnud | ||
| passive | oldi | ei oldud | passive | oli oldud | ei olnud oldud polnud oldud |
| conditional | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | oleksin | ei oleks | 1st sing. | oleksin olnud | ei oleks olnud poleks olnud |
| 2nd sing. | oleksid | 2nd sing. | oleksid olnud | ||
| 3rd sing. | oleks | 3rd sing. | oleks olnud | ||
| 1st plur. | oleksime | 1st plur. | oleksime olnud | ||
| 2nd plur. | oleksite | 2nd plur. | oleksite olnud | ||
| 3rd plur. | oleksid | 3rd plur. | oleksid olnud | ||
| passive | oldaks | ei oldaks | passive | oleks oldud | ei oleks oldud poleks oldud |
| imperative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — |
| 2nd sing. | ole | ära ole | 2nd sing. | — | — |
| 3rd sing. | olgu | ärgu olgu | 3rd sing. | olgu olnud | ärgu olgu olnud |
| 1st plur. | olgem | ärgem olgem | 1st plur. | — | — |
| 2nd plur. | olge | ärge olge | 2nd plur. | — | — |
| 3rd plur. | olgu | ärgu olgu | 3rd plur. | olgu olnud | ärgu olgu olnud |
| passive | oldagu | ärgu oldagu | passive | olgu oldud | ärgu olgu oldud |
| quotative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| active | olevat | ei olevat | active | olevat olnud | ei olevat olnud polevat olnud |
| passive | oldavat | ei oldavat | passive | olevat oldud | ei olevat oldud polevat oldud |
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ma-infinitive | da-infinitive | ||||||||
| active | passive | da-form | olla | ||||||
| nominative | olema | oldama | des-form | olles | |||||
| inessive | olemas | — | participle | ||||||
| elative | olemast | — | active | passive | |||||
| translative | olemaks | — | present | olev | oldav | ||||
| abessive | olemata | — | past | olnud | oldud | ||||