No. 663 in Finnish
olevia
"Being" or "existing" (partitive plural of "oleva").
In a sentence
Kirjassa on mielenkiintoisia tietoja olevista paikoista.
The book contains interesting information about places that exist.
Here, 'olevista' is the elative plural form of 'oleva', meaning 'existing', used as an adjective to describe 'paikoista' (places).
Näyttelyssä esitetään kuvia luonnossa olevista eläimistä.
The exhibition displays pictures of animals existing in nature.
In this sentence, 'olevista' again functions as the elative plural form of 'oleva', describing 'eläimistä' (animals). It specifies animals that exist in nature.
Hän piti puheen ihmisistä, jotka ovat vaikeuksissa olevia.
He gave a speech about people who are in difficulties.
Here, 'olevia' modifies 'ihmisiä' (people) within a relative clause, describing individuals currently experiencing difficulties.
Hänen roolikseen annettiin ohjata tapahtumia hallitsevia tekijöitä.
His role was to direct the factors governing the events.
In this sentence, 'olevia' is the partitive plural form of 'oleva', which serves as a participial adjective describing 'tekijöitä' (factors), meaning 'that exist' or 'present'.
Puistossa on paljon olevaa kauneutta, joka lumoaa kävelijät.
There is a lot of existing beauty in the park that captivates walkers.
Here, 'olevaa' is the singular partitive form of 'oleva', matching 'kauneutta' (beauty), indicating 'beauty that exists'.
Meidän tulee kunnioittaa historiaa ja sen mukana olevia tarinoita.
We must respect history and the stories that come with it.
In this case, 'olevia' is used to describe 'tarinoita' (stories) in the partitive plural to mean 'stories accompanying it'.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “olevia” in actual Finnish podcasts.
Find “olevia” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Finnish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into suomi, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Finnish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).