olevien

This is the 424th most frequent Finnish word.


olevien

"Of beings" or "of those who exist."


'Olevien' functions as a participle meaning 'being,' describing the flowers that are in the garden.

Puutarhassa olevien kukkien värit ovat kauniita.

The colors of the flowers in the garden are beautiful.


'Olevien' describes the laws that 'are' currently in effect.

Olevien lakien mukaan tämä ei ole sallittua.

According to the existing laws, this is not allowed.


Here, 'olevien' modifies 'dokumenttien', specifying that the documents referred to are those that currently exist.

Kirjojen lukeminen auttaa ymmärtämään menneiden aikojen ihmisten ajattelua olevien dokumenttien avulla.

Reading books helps understand the thinking of people from past times through existing documents.