Just a bit confused with this example. It is translated to "you are learning french", so does that mean in French you "take" something you are learning, or does it translate better to something like "I am taking French" (as in a class on French)?
Tu apprends le francais
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Evan P.Kwiziq community member
Tu apprends le francais
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate prendre and derivatives in the present tense in French (Le Présent)"
Asked 7 hours ago
Maarten K. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Evan,
it is the verb ‘ apprendre ‘. It follows the same conjugation patterns as prendre, and unsurprisingly has early etymological links with ‘ prendre ‘ in their Latin origins.
It is however distinct in meaning(s). The translation is correct.
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/apprendre
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/prendre
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apprendre
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