"Olija" translation

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"Olija" translation

Post by AnaBanana » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:37 am

Can anybody help? What the heck olija means?

Piintyneen syrjässäolijan ilme.


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Post by nirva » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:50 am

Olija is someone who "is", very much like "juoksija" is someone who runs. I don't think it can be directly translated into English. So "paikallaolija" would be someone who is present and "syrjässäolija" is someone who's apart.
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Post by sinikala » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:39 am

Perhaps it doesn't help much but MOT says

syrjässä oleva = fringe

so perhaps from what nirva says syrjässäolija = someone who is on the fringe of something?
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Post by Hank W. » Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:58 am

Piintyneen syrjässäolijan ilme.

The facial expression of the one who exists as a set habit on the outer edge of happenings.

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Post by Jarkka » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:26 pm

Olija = Beer! Simple as that :D
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Post by sammy » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:08 pm

Jarkka wrote:Olija = Beer! Simple as that :D
No, that would be kali-ja :wink:
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Post by AnaBanana » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:31 pm

Kiitti! :wink:
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Post by Hank W. » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:38 pm

And jarkka & sammy are pöli-jä dusting their grammers :lol:
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Post by sammy » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:41 pm

AnaBanana wrote:Kiitti! :wink:
Don't mention it :lol:

... please note that you can say e.g.

väärässäolija - someone who is wrong
katollaolija - someone who's on the roof
paikallaolija - someone who's present
poissaolija - someone who is absent
junassaolija - someone who's on the train

etc...

BUT the word olija is rarely (if ever?) used in itself. That would sound quite Zen :wink:
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Post by Hank W. » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:44 pm

there can be an
väärässäoleva väärässäolija,
katollaoleva katollaolija,
& so forth
so in some case there is a olemassaoleva olemassaolija... ;)
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Post by sammy » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:52 pm

olemassaolo on olemassaolijan silmässä :lol:

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Post by AnaBanana » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:44 am

sammy wrote: BUT the word olija is rarely (if ever?) used in itself. That would sound quite Zen :wink:
At first I didn't know that, but the reason I asked is that the other "part" I understood (syrjässä).
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