olla jotain mieltä

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Finnish

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olla jotakin mieltä

Etymology

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Literally, to be of (some) mind

Verb

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olla jotain mieltä

  1. to opine, have an opinion, to be of the opinion, to think [with partitive]
    Mitä mieltä olet?What do you think? / What is your opinion?
    Olen sitä mieltä, että...I think that... / I'm of the opinion that...

Usage notes

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  • Alternative ways to express an opinion:
    Minusta meidän pitäisi...I think we should...
    (Minun) mielestäni meidän pitäisi...In my opinion we should...

Conjugation

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See olla; mieltä is not inflected, and stays in the partitive even in verbal nouns.

Collocations

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  • olla samaa mieltäto agree, to concur (literally, “to be of the same opinion”) (+ elative = about)
    Olen samaa mieltä kanssasi siitä, että jotain olisi tehtävä.
    I agree with you on that something has to be done.
    Olemme samaa mieltä.
    We agree (with each other).
  • olla yhtä mieltäto agree, to concur (literally, “to be of one/equal opinion”) (+ elative = about)
  • olla eri mieltäto disagree (literally, “to be of a different opinion”) (+ elative = about)
  • olla toista mieltäto disagree (literally, “to be of another opinion”) (+ elative = about)

See also

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