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learn
/lern/
 
vt, vi.
 
1.
Def.: egkaangey; egkanengnengan
MS: egkaangey; egkanengnengan
If you learn something, or learn about something, you start to know it because of experience, or because someone teaches you.
He has learned from experience that you can't trust everybody.
Naangey rin diyè te nabaybayaan din ne kenè ka egpakasalig te langun ne me etew.
We learned about dolphins today in our science class.
Nanengnengan ney kuntee ka meyitenged te me dulpin te klasi ney.
 
vt.
 
2.
Def.: egbebasbasan
MS: egbebasbasan
If you learn something, you study it so that you can remember it.
I need to learn these facts because we have a test about them tomorrow.
 
vt.
 
3.
Def.: egpepanulù
MS: egpepanulù
If you learn of something, or learn that something is the case, someone tells it to you.
When she arrived at the house, she learned that he had already left.
Irreg.  learned [lernd]/fb:learnt, learned/fb:learnt.