olla perhosia vatsassa

olla perhosia vatsassa

1. (idiomatic, impersonal + adessive) to have butterflies in one's stomach

   Kevinillä oli perhosia vatsassa joka kerran, kun hän näki Chrissyn.

   Kevin had butterflies in his stomach every time he saw Chrissy.

This impersonal verb is always used in the third person singular, but may be inflected in tense (such as present or past) and mood (such as indicative or conditional). The 'subject' of the verb is inflected in the adessive case. To see the conjugated forms of the verb, see olla.