ottaa opiksi

Finnish

Etymology

ottaa (to take) + oppi (learning) – to get a lesson from having made a mistake

Verb

ottaa opiksi

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to learn the hard way, learn one's lesson

Conjugation

See ottaa. opiksi may take a possessive suffix:

Personal/possessive forms for word in phrase
possessor singular plural
1st person opikseni opiksemme
2nd person opiksesi opiksenne
3rd person opikseen
opiksensa