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Etymology
- Plural form of oltava, passive present participle of olla.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ol‧ta‧vat
- IPA(key): /ˈoltɑʋɑt/, [ˈo̞l̪t̪ɑ̝ʋɑ̝t̪]
Noun
oltavat
- (plural only) conditions, circumstances; always with an attribute; various other ways of translating into English exist.
- Minkälaiset oltavat vankileirillä oli?
- What were the circumstances like in the penal colony?
- Eläimillä ei ollut sinä kesänä huonot oltavat, vaikka ne tekivät kovaa työtä.
- The animals were not badly off throughout that summer, in spite of the hardness of their work. (1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm)
- Meillä on täällä hyvät oltavat.
- We have it good here.
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