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    Re: To teach/to learn/to study

    Quote Originally Posted by it-ogo
    учить/научить is a general word for to teach
    Quote Originally Posted by Lingvo
    научить (кого-л чему-л или + ) teach (smb smth или + to )
    Quote Originally Posted by Lingvo
    научиться (чему-л, + ) learn (smth, + to )
    Is the word actually changing its' meaning when the -ся ending is added?

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    Re: To teach/to learn/to study

    Quote Originally Posted by Hanna
    Is the word actually changing its' meaning when the -ся ending is added?
    Это значит, что действие, заключенное в слове, производится над говорящим.
    Может быть, я неправ, но есть подозрение что "-ся" - это то, что осталось от слова "себя".
    учиться = учить себя (чему то).
    Ну, даже если это не так, то это хорошее мнемоническое правило легко позволяющее запомнить, чем отличаются скажем слова "ковырять" и "ковыряться"

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    Re: To teach/to learn/to study

    Quote Originally Posted by Hanna
    Quote Originally Posted by Lingvo
    научить (кого-л чему-л или + ) teach (smb smth или + to )
    Quote Originally Posted by Lingvo
    научиться (чему-л, + ) learn (smth, + to )
    Is the word actually changing its' meaning when the -ся ending is added?
    Yes.
    научить = to teach
    научиться = to learn

    The verb "учить" is more tricky.
    If used with a single object in Accusative case it means "to learn [something]": Учить язык = To learn a language.
    If used with two objects where one in an Accusative case and another in a Dative case it means "to teach smb. to do something": Учить студента языку = To teach a student to know the language.
    So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

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    Re: To teach/to learn/to study

    And another!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Wiktionary
    # to study, to learn

    он занима́ется ру́сским языко́м — he’s studying Russian
    I just came across this buy chance when I was looking up another word...

    Eugene-p briefly mentions it in his post in this thread.

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