olla olevinaan

Finnish

Etymology

olla (“to be”) + oleva (“active present participle of olla”) + -na (“essive ending”) + possessive suffix

Verb

olla olevinaan

1. To feign, fake, pretend

   Oppilas oli olevinaan sairas koepäivänään.

   The student faked sickness on the day of his exam.

2. To think or believe to be something.

   Hän on olevinaan hyvinpukeutuva, mutta minusta hänellä on huono maku.

   She thinks to be well-dressed, but I think she's got a bad taste.

Conjugation

See olla; olevinaan is not inflected, but receives a possessive suffix:

• olevinani (first-person singular)
• olevinasi (second-person singular)
• olevinaan, olevinansa (third-person singular)
• olevinamme (first-person plural)
• olevinanne (second-person plural)
• olevinaan, olevinansa (third-person plural)