Translation
to learn
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Examples
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I have been learning Esperanto for two years.
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She learned all the words in one week.
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Children learn quickly.
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He learned a lot from his mistake.
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We will learn together tomorrow evening.
takes a plain direct object - , not , which would mean reading up about the language rather than acquiring it. Keep the three apart: is to acquire, is to hand over, is to have the thing already. The root is generous: a school, a pupil, a textbook, ellerni to master something all the way through.
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Word family
Words built on lerni with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- eklerniverb
to start learning, to take up
ek-lerni: to start learning
- lernadonoun
learning
lerni-ad-: the activity of learning
- lernejonoun
school
lerni-ej-
- lernemaadjective
studious, eager to learn
lerni-em-: inclined to learn
- lernendaadjective
to be learnt, that must be learnt
lerni-end-: that must be learnt
- memlernantonoun
self-taught learner
memlerni-ant-: one who learns by oneself
- mislerniverb
to learn wrongly
mis-lerni: to learn wrongly
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Stories
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Grammar articles
(7)Adverbs in Esperanto: -e, and Why estas varme Has No Noun
Esperanto Impersonal Sentences: oni, pluvas, estas varme
How to Actually Learn Esperanto, and Why It Is Faster
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Esperanto Nouns and Adjectives: -o, -a and Agreement
Esperanto Propaedeutic Value: What the Studies Actually Show
Esperanto Affixes: The Full List of Prefixes and Suffixes
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 11: lerni, signo, monto and 11 more words.