olettaa
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ole- (“to be, exist”) + -ttaa (causative aspect) — therefore, literally “to cause to exist”. Coined by Finnish physician and translator Wolmar Schildt in 1847. In the folk language, meanings like "to order, command" can be found in Western Finnish and "to put on airs" in Savonia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]olettaa (transitive)
- to assume, suppose, presuppose
- (logic) to premise, postulate
- to hypothesize (in empiric research)
Usage notes
[edit]- olettaa has a slight sense of believing something with thoughts that it could not even be untrue. otaksua has, on the other hand, a slight sense that the speaker believes something, but still leaves some room for other possibilities about the state of affairs. otaksua also has a more formal nuance than olettaa and thus it is often translated into English as "presume".
Conjugation
[edit]Inflection of olettaa (Kotus type 53*C/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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indicative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present tense | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | oletan | en oleta | 1st sing. | olen olettanut | en ole olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | oletat | et oleta | 2nd sing. | olet olettanut | et ole olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | olettaa | ei oleta | 3rd sing. | on olettanut | ei ole olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | oletamme | emme oleta | 1st plur. | olemme olettaneet | emme ole olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | oletatte | ette oleta | 2nd plur. | olette olettaneet | ette ole olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | olettavat | eivät oleta | 3rd plur. | ovat olettaneet | eivät ole olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | oletetaan | ei oleteta | passive | on oletettu | ei ole oletettu | ||||||||||||||||
past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | oletin | en olettanut | 1st sing. | olin olettanut | en ollut olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | oletit | et olettanut | 2nd sing. | olit olettanut | et ollut olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | oletti | ei olettanut | 3rd sing. | oli olettanut | ei ollut olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | oletimme | emme olettaneet | 1st plur. | olimme olettaneet | emme olleet olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | oletitte | ette olettaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte olettaneet | ette olleet olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | olettivat | eivät olettaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat olettaneet | eivät olleet olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | oletettiin | ei oletettu | passive | oli oletettu | ei ollut oletettu | ||||||||||||||||
conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | olettaisin | en olettaisi | 1st sing. | olisin olettanut | en olisi olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | olettaisit | et olettaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit olettanut | et olisi olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | olettaisi | ei olettaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi olettanut | ei olisi olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | olettaisimme | emme olettaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme olettaneet | emme olisi olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | olettaisitte | ette olettaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte olettaneet | ette olisi olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | olettaisivat | eivät olettaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat olettaneet | eivät olisi olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | oletettaisiin | ei oletettaisi | passive | olisi oletettu | ei olisi oletettu | ||||||||||||||||
imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | oleta | älä oleta | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | olettakoon | älköön olettako | 3rd sing. | olkoon olettanut | älköön olko olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | olettakaamme | älkäämme olettako | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | olettakaa | älkää olettako | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | olettakoot | älkööt olettako | 3rd plur. | olkoot olettaneet | älkööt olko olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | oletettakoon | älköön oletettako | passive | olkoon oletettu | älköön olko oletettu | ||||||||||||||||
potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | olettanen | en olettane | 1st sing. | lienen olettanut | en liene olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | olettanet | et olettane | 2nd sing. | lienet olettanut | et liene olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | olettanee | ei olettane | 3rd sing. | lienee olettanut | ei liene olettanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | olettanemme | emme olettane | 1st plur. | lienemme olettaneet | emme liene olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | olettanette | ette olettane | 2nd plur. | lienette olettaneet | ette liene olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | olettanevat | eivät olettane | 3rd plur. | lienevät olettaneet | eivät liene olettaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | oletettaneen | ei oletettane | passive | lienee oletettu | ei liene oletettu | ||||||||||||||||
Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
1st | olettaa | present | olettava | oletettava | |||||||||||||||||
long 1st1 |
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past | olettanut | oletettu | |||||||||||||||||
2nd | inessive2 | olettaessa | oletettaessa | agent4 | olettama | ||||||||||||||||
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negative | olettamaton | |||||||||||||||||||
instructive | olettaen | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix.
2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically. | ||||||||||||||||||
3rd | inessive | olettamassa | — | ||||||||||||||||||
elative | olettamasta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
illative | olettamaan | — | |||||||||||||||||||
adessive | olettamalla | — | |||||||||||||||||||
abessive | olettamatta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
instructive | olettaman | oletettaman | |||||||||||||||||||
4th3 | verbal noun | olettaminen | |||||||||||||||||||
5th1 |
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Derived terms
[edit]nouns
Further reading
[edit]- “olettaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03