olla jotain mieltä

Finnish

olla jotakin mieltä

Etymology

Literally, “to be of (some) mind”

Verb

olla jotain mieltä

  1. to opine, have an opinion, to be of the opinion, to think [with partitive and elative ‘about’]
    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

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

Conjugation

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

Collocations

  • olla samaa mieltä ― to agree, to concur (literally, “to be of the same opinion”) [with 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 mieltä ― to agree, to concur (literally, “to be of one/equal opinion”) [with elative ‘about’]
  • olla eri mieltä ― to disagree (literally, “to be of a different opinion”) [with elative ‘about’]
  • olla toista mieltä ― to disagree (literally, “to be of another opinion”) [with elative ‘about’]

See also

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