“He learned me how to drive.”
Usage Entry 1048 / 1350 60-second read
Teach vs. Learn
The giver versus the receiver of knowledge.
The comparisoni
“He taught me how to drive.”
The ruleii
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TEACH = give knowledge. LEARN = receive it.
TEACH takes a recipient as object: I teach someone something. LEARN takes only the knowledge as object: I learn something. Using LEARN for TEACH is non-standard everywhere except a few dialects.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
You cannot "learn" another person — you TEACH them.