learn

apprendre

Acquérir des connaissances ou une nouvelle compétence par l’étude ou la pratique.

En anglais simple : To get knowledge or a new skill through study or practice.

• I want to learn French.
• He learned to swim last summer.
• What skills are you learning at school?

Comment l'utiliser : learn to do something (She is learning to drive.); learn how to do something (We learned how to make bread.)

Synonymes : study, master

Expressions courantes : learn English, learn to swim, learn a skill, learn a language

apprendre

Prendre connaissance d’une chose qu’on ignorait jusque-là.

En anglais simple : To find out something you did not know before.

• I learned the news yesterday.
• We have learned that the train is delayed.
• When did you learn about his new job?

Comment l'utiliser : learn that… (We learned that the shop had closed.); learn of/about something (She learned of the accident yesterday.)

Synonymes : find out, discover, hear

Expressions courantes : learn the truth, learn about something, learn of something

tirer une leçon, apprendre

Tirer un enseignement d’une expérience, surtout d’une erreur, pour mieux agir à l’avenir.

En anglais simple : To use an experience, especially a mistake, to do better in the future.

• We learn from our mistakes.
• She learned never to leave her bag unattended.
• Have you learned anything from this experience?

Comment l'utiliser : learn from something (We must learn from this failure.)

Expressions courantes : learn from mistakes, learn a lesson, learn from experience

apprendre, donner une leçon

Enseigner quelque chose à quelqu’un, souvent en lui faisant subir une conséquence désagréable.

En anglais simple : To teach someone something, often by making them face an unpleasant result.

• That will learn you!
• A cold night outside will learn him to take his keys.
• She said the fine would learn them a lesson.

Comment l'utiliser : learn someone to do something (That will learn him to keep his promises.)

Synonymes : teach

Expressions courantes : learn someone, learn someone a lesson