Meaning of olema | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to be (indicating that the subject and the complement of the verb form the same thing)
   copulative
2. to be (occupy a place)
   intransitive
3. to be, constitute, make up, form
   copulative
4. to have; to own, to possess
   impersonal, intransitive, with-adessive
5. to have, to possess (as a feature or capability, as opposed to simple possession; almost always for inanimate subjects)
   intransitive
6. to have (a sensation)
   impersonal, intransitive, with-adessive, with-genitive
7. there be
   impersonal, intransitive
8. synonym of olemas olema (“to exist”)
   impersonal, intransitive
9. to have (a verb to build active present perfect tense and active past perfect tense, taking active the past participle ending -nud)
   auxiliary
10. 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)
    auxiliary

Equivalents

Examples

“Mul on kass.”

I have a cat.

“Mul ei ole kassi.”

I don't have a cat.

“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.

“Ma olen täna juba söönud.”

I have already eaten today.

“Hommikusöök oli juba söödud.”

Breakfast had already been eaten.

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