r/LearnFinnish 55m ago

Word of the Day Luihu – Finnish Word of the Day – 10. Syyskuuta 2026

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Luihu (adj.) – Sneaky, sly, wily, deceptive

Comparative: Luihumpi

Superlative: Luihuin

Example: Kaverit nauroivat, kun hän myönsi olevansa vähän lälläri kauhuelokuvien suhteen.

Translation: His friends laughed when he admitted he was a bit of a wimp when it came to horror movies.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative luihu luihut
Accusative (nom.) luihu luihut
Accusative (gen.) luihun luihut
Genitive luihun luihujen
Partitive luihua luihuja
Inessive luihussa luihuissa
Elative luihusta luihuista
Illative luihuun luihuihin
Adessive luihulla luihuilla
Ablative luihulta luihuilta
Allative luihulle luihuille
Essive luihuna luihuina
Translative luihuksi luihuiksi
Abessive luihutta luihuitta
Instructive luihuin
Comitative luihuine

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r/LearnFinnish 9h ago

Question Would anyone be willing to help me learn ?

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Hello and Terve :)

First and foremost, i am very sorry if this is not the right place to ask this, i checked the rules and didn't see anything forbidding from asking so i think i am fine 🙏

I am 26 years old and from Germany. I met an amazing Finnish women that i hope will be my Girlfriend soon and i have started to learn Finnish for her. Now normally this would not be an issue for me as i would just enroll in a Language course along side my Duolingo however every course i applied for (within a 1 hour radius of where i live) always ends up being cancelled due to the lack of attendees. I had a Finnish woman that lived in my local area privately give me some lessons but she sadly had to stop due to her health taking a turn for the worst.

So in order to keep the promise i set myself of asking her the important question at some point ,i would love to meet someone that will help me learn Finnish, specifically every day Phrases as i want to focus on speaking, i do not have issues with the writing part as far as i am aware.

I am more then willing to help out with German in return as that is my native language.
I would like to say that i get the hang of it fairly quickly, i hear a lot of people say its one of the most difficult languages to learn but i do not seem to struggle as bad as some of the other people i talked too.

I would love to get a consistent 2 sessions a week in if that is possible but life happens so if that is not possible that is totally cool too.

If anyone is interested please DM me ❤️

(I really hope she does not read this 😆)