löin

Löin is the first-person singular past tense form of the Finnish verb lyödä, meaning to hit or strike. It is used in narrative or descriptive contexts to express a completed act in which the speaker performed a strike or hit. The form reflects Finnish verb conjugation, showing how the past tense changes with person.

Conjugation in the past indicative, singular and plural:

minä löin, sinä löit, hän löi, me löimme, te löitte, he löivät. The verb is irregular in its stem vowel, with the third-person singular form using löi and the plural forms ending in -imme, -itte, -öivät. The past participle of lyödä is lyönyt, used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses (esim. olen lyönyt = I have hit).

Usage and nuance:

löin denotes a single, completed action performed by the speaker. It commonly appears with physical hits or strikes (for example, hitting a table or a ball) and can appear in literal or metaphorical senses, though literal physical action is the most typical usage. In dialogue or storytelling, löin helps anchor events in a past timeframe.

Examples:

Minä löin pöytää. Hän löi pallon maaliin.

Notes:

The word contains the Finnish diacritic ö, which affects spelling and pronunciation. The related past participle lyönyt is used in perfect tenses. Understanding löin alongside lyödä’s other forms helps with accurate past-tense usage in Finnish narrative and descriptive writing.