olla

English

Etymology

Spanish olla, from Latin olla, aulla; akin to the Sanskrit  (ukhā, “pot”), and probably to Gothic  (auhns, “oven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɒlə/

Noun

olla (plural ollas)

1. a cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries
   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses:

     On top of the counter were three clay jars or ollas. Two of them were empty but the third was covered with the tin lid from a lardpail and the lid was notched to accommodate the handle of an enameled tin dipper.

2. A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
3. A cinerary urn in ancient Rome.

Anagrams

• Lola

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Estonian

Etymology

From the same Uralic root *wole- as Finnish olla and Hungarian volt.

Verb

olla

1. Da-infinitive of olema.

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Finnish

(index ol)

Etymology

From the same Uralic root *wole- as Estonian olema and Hungarian volt.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈo̞lːɑˣ]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -olːɑ
• Hyphenation: ol‧la

Verb

olla

1. (copular): To be (indicating that the subject and the object form the same thing).

   Minä olen onnellinen.

   I am happy.

   Minä olen lääkäri.

   I am a doctor.

2. (intransitive) To be (to occupy a place).

   Minä olen kotona.

   I am at home.

3. (copular): To be, constitute, make up, form.

   Tuo on maanpetos.

   That constitutes (high) treason.

4. (intransitive) ~ (olemassa) = to exist — the subject often indefinite = in partitive case -> verb in 3rd-pers. singular

   Rakkautta ei ole (olemassa).

   Love doesn't exist.

5. (intransitive) To behave, act (as if...) (when followed by a subordinate clause beginning with (ikään,) kuin, requiring conditional mood).

   Hän oli (ikään), kuin ei olisi huomannut mitään.

   He behaved as if he had'nt noticed anything.

6. (transitive, auxiliary) To have (a verb to build active present perfect tense and active past perfect tense, taking active past participle, ending -nut/-nyt (singular) or -neet (pl.)).

   Olen jo syönyt tänään.

   I have already eaten today.

   Olemme jo syöneet tänään.

   We have already eaten today.

   Olin jo syönyt.

   I had already eaten.

   Olimme jo syöneet.

   We had already eaten.

7. (transitive, auxiliary) To have (a verb to build impersonal simple past tense, impersonal passive present perfect tense and impersonal passive past perfect tense, taking passive past participle, ending -tu/-ty).

   Aamiainen oli jo syöty.

   Breakfast had already been eaten.

8. (intransitive) adessive + 3rd-pers. singular + nominative/partitive/accusative = to have; to own, to possess.

   Minulla on/oli/on ollut kissa (nom.). (when in positive sentences, countable nouns in nominative)

   I have/had/have had a cat.

   Minulla ei ole kissaa (part.). (when in negative sentences, countable nouns in partitive)

   I don't have a cat.

   Minulla on/oli/on ollut sinut (acc.). (when in positive sentences, personal pronouns in accusative)

   I have/had/have had you.

   Minulla ei ole/ei ollut/ei ole ollut sinua (part.). (when in negative sentences, personal pronouns in partitive)

   I don't have/didn't have/haven't had you.

   Minulla on/ei ole rahaa (part.). (singular uncountable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences)

   I have/don't have money.

   Minulla on valta (nom.). (with an uncountable noun in nominative, the meaning or nuance of the sentence changes:)

   I've got the power.

9. (intransitive) missä + 3rd-pers. singular + nominative/partitive = there is / are + subject + where?

   Pöydällä on kissa. (when in positive sentences, singular countable nouns in nominative)

   There is a cat on the table.

   Pöydällä ei ole kissaa. (when in negative sentences, singular countable nouns in partitive)

   There is no cat on the table.

   Pöydällä on/ei ole kissoja. (plural countable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences)

   There are (some) cats / There are no cats on the table.

   Lattialla on/ei ole rahaa. (singular uncountable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences)

   There is (some) / There is no money on the floor.

10. (intransitive) genitive + 3rd-pers. singular + passive present participle, -tava/-tävä = to have to do something, must do something; be obliged/forced to do something.

    Minun (gen.) on nyt mentävä.

    I have to go now.

    Minun on palautettava kirja kirjastoon perjantaihin mennessä.

    I have to return the book to the library by Friday.

    • that same in passive: nominative/accusative + 3rd-pers. singular + passive present participle, -tava/-tävä = to have to be done, must be done.

    Kirja (nom.) on palautettava kirjastoon perjantaihin mennessä. (countable nouns in nominative)

    The book has to be returned to the library by Friday.

    Onko sinut (acc.) hiljennettevä pakolla? (personal pronouns in accusative)

    Do I have to make you shut your mouth? (literally: Do you have to be quietened by force?)

Conjugation

Conjugation resembles that of the verb tulla, but note the irregular third-person singular and plural indicative present form, and active potential present forms which use a different root, liene-.

Conjugation of olla (type tulla)

indicative
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	olen	en ole	1st sing.	olen ollut	en ole ollut
2nd sing.	olet	et ole	2nd sing.	olet ollut	et ole ollut
3rd sing.	on	ei ole	3rd sing.	on ollut	ei ole ollut
1st plur.	olemme	emme ole	1st plur.	olemme olleet	emme ole olleet
2nd plur.	olette	ette ole	2nd plur.	olette olleet	ette ole olleet
3rd plur.	ovat	eivät ole	3rd plur.	ovat olleet	eivät ole olleet
passive	ollaan	ei olla	passive	on oltu	ei ole oltu
past			pluperfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	olin	en ollut	1st sing.	olin ollut	en ollut ollut
2nd sing.	olit	et ollut	2nd sing.	olit ollut	et ollut ollut
3rd sing.	oli	ei ollut	3rd sing.	oli ollut	ei ollut ollut
1st plur.	olimme	emme olleet	1st plur.	olimme olleet	emme olleet olleet
2nd plur.	olitte	ette olleet	2nd plur.	olitte olleet	ette olleet olleet
3rd plur.	olivat	eivät olleet	3rd plur.	olivat olleet	eivät olleet olleet
passive	oltiin	ei oltu	passive	oli oltu	ei ollut oltu
conditional
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	olisin	en olisi	1st sing.	olisin ollut	en olisi ollut
2nd sing.	olisit	et olisi	2nd sing.	olisit ollut	et olisi ollut
3rd sing.	olisi	ei olisi	3rd sing.	olisi ollut	ei olisi ollut
1st plur.	olisimme	emme olisi	1st plur.	olisimme olleet	emme olisi olleet
2nd plur.	olisitte	ette olisi	2nd plur.	olisitte olleet	ette olisi olleet
3rd plur.	olisivat	eivät olisi	3rd plur.	olisivat olleet	eivät olisi olleet
passive	oltaisiin	ei oltaisi	passive	olisi oltu	ei olisi oltu
imperative
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	–	–	1st sing.	–	–
2nd sing.	ole	älä ole	2nd sing.	ole ollut	älä ole ollut
3rd sing.	olkoon	älköön olko	3rd sing.	olkoon ollut	älköön olko ollut
1st plur.	olkaamme	älkäämme olko	1st plur.	olkaamme olleet	älkäämme olko olleet
2nd plur.	olkaa	älkää olko	2nd plur.	olkaa olleet	älkää olko olleet
3rd plur.	olkoot	älkööt olko	3rd plur.	olkoot olleet	älkööt olko olleet
passive	oltakoon	älköön oltako	passive	olkoon oltu	älköön olko oltu
potential
present			perfect
person	positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.	lienen	en liene	1st sing.	lienen ollut	en liene ollut
2nd sing.	lienet	et liene	2nd sing.	lienet ollut	et liene ollut
3rd sing.	lienee	ei liene	3rd sing.	lienee ollut	ei liene ollut
1st plur.	lienemme	emme liene	1st plur.	lienemme olleet	emme liene olleet
2nd plur.	lienette	ette liene	2nd plur.	lienette olleet	ette liene olleet
3rd plur.	lienevät	eivät liene	3rd plur.	lienevät olleet	eivät liene olleet
passive	oltaneen	ei oltane	passive	lienee oltu	ei liene oltu

Nominal forms
infinitive				participle
		active	passive		active	passive
I		olla		present	oleva	oltava
long I		ollakseen2		past	ollut	oltu
II	inessive	ollessa1	oltaessa	agent	n/a1, 3
	instructive	ollen	–	negative	olematon
III	inessive	olemassa	–	1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. 3) Does not exist in the case of intransitive verbs. Do not confuse with nouns formed with the -ma suffix.
	elative	olemasta	–
	illative	olemaan	–
	adessive	olemalla	–
	abessive	olematta	–
	instructive	oleman	oltaman
IV	nominative	oleminen
	partitive	olemista
V		olemaisillaan2

Derived terms

• oli miten oli
• olla (+ vähällä) + infinitive = to almost/nearly (do something accidental, harmful, wrong or fateful).

Olin (vähällä) kaatua lattialle.

• I almost fell on the floor.

• olla + essive plural form of an active present participle (-vina/-vinä) + possessive suffix = to be supposed to do, pretend to do, put on airs of doing, affect:

Mikä tämä on olevinaan? (speaker belittling the object in front of her/him)

• What is this supposed to be?

Olit olevinasi niin täydellinen.

• You pretended to be so damn perfect.

• olla + fifth infinitive + possessive suffix by person = to be about to do (when something happens preventing it):

Olin lähtemäisilläni ulos, kun puhelin soi.

• I was about to go out when the phone rang.

• genitive + 3rd-pers. singular + pakko + infinitive = to must, have to, be forced to:

Minun on pakko lähteä nyt.

• I have to leave now.

• genitive + olisi (conditional) parasta + infinitive = had better + infinitive:

Sinun olisi parasta olla hiljaa.

• You had better be silent.

• olkoonkin(, että...) = never mind (that...)
• (interjection): olkoon menneeksi = (okay,...) why not, go ahead, (colloquial) what the hell
• olla kunnossa = to be in shape; to be in order

Usage note

• If used without an adjective, olla kunnossa is a positive expression, and one might as well say olla hyvässä kunnossa (to be in good shape/order). If necessary, another adjective may be used:
  • Olen kamalassa kunnossa. = I'm in an awful shape.
  • Olen kohtuullisessa kunnossa lähtemään kotiin. = I'm in a moderate shape to go home.

• adjectives: oleellinen, olematon, olennainen, oleva, olevainen
• nouns: olemus, olento, olio, olo, oltavat
• verbs: frequentatives oleilla, oleskella; causative olettaa; reflexive oleutua

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Icelandic

Etymology

From English ollie.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɔlːa/
• Rhymes: -ɔlːa

Verb

olla weak verb (third person singular past indicative ollaði, supine ollað)

1. (skateboarding) to ollie, perform an ollie

Conjugation

olla — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að olla
supine (sagnbót)		ollað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		ollandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég olla	við ollum	present (nútíð)	ég olli	við ollum
	þú ollar	þið ollið		þú ollir	þið ollið
	hann, hún, það ollar	þeir, þær, þau olla		hann, hún, það olli	þeir, þær, þau olli
past (þátíð)	ég ollaði	við olluðum	past (þátíð)	ég ollaði	við olluðum
	þú ollaðir	þið olluðuð		þú ollaðir	þið olluðuð
	hann, hún, það ollaði	þeir, þær, þau olluðu		hann, hún, það ollaði	þeir, þær, þau olluðu
imperative (boðháttur)	olla (þú)	ollið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	ollaðu	olliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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Karelian

Etymology

From the same Uralic root *wole- as Estonian olema and Hungarian volt.

Verb

olla

1. to be

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Latin

Noun

olla (genitive ollae); f, first declension

1. pot, jar

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	olla	ollae
genitive	ollae	ollārum
dative	ollae	ollīs
accusative	ollam	ollās
ablative	ollā	ollīs
vocative	olla	ollae

Descendants

• Catalan: olla
• Romanian: oală
• Spanish: olla

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Old Dutch

Adjective

olla

1. Alternative form of alla.

   Hebban olla vogala nestas hagunnan

   All birds have started to build their nests

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin olla.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈoʎa/

Noun

olla f. (plural ollas)

1. a pot or pan; a kettle
2. a stew
3. a pool, a whirlpool

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Swedish

Etymology

From the noun ollon.

Verb

olla

1. (vulgar) to touch with one's glans (tip of the penis)

   Han ollade min tandborste på fyllan."

   He touched my toothbrush with his penis when he was drunk.

Conjugation

Conjugation of olla

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	olla	—
Present tense	ollar	—
Past tense	ollade	—
Supine	ollat	—
Imperative	olla	—
Present participle	ollande
Past participle	ollad