to teach | to learn

[h34]

Inspired by the auto-antonyms thread, where it was mentioned that in some languages the verb for 'to teach' can also mean 'to learn'.

English: (1) Honoka teaches Japanese. | (2) Anna learns Japanese. / Anna studies Japanese.
German: (1) Honoka unterrichtet Japanisch. / (Honoka lehrt Japanisch). | (2) Anna lernt Japanisch. / (Anna studiert Japanisch.)

Latvian: (1) Honoka māca japāņu valodu. | (2) Ana mācās japāņu valodu.

Russian: (1) Хонока преподаёт японский (язык). / Хонока обучает японскому языку. / (Хонока учит японскому языку). | (2) Анна изучает японский (язык). / (Анна учит японский язык).

Estonian: (1) Honoka õpetab jaapani keelt. | (2) Anna õpib jaapani keelt.
Finnish: (1) Honoka opettaa japania. | (2) Anna opiskelee japania.
Meadow Mari: (1) Хонока япон йылмым туныкта. | (2) Анна япон йылмым тунемеш.

[Linguaphile]

Inspired by the auto-antonyms thread, where it was mentioned that in some languages the verb for 'to teach' can also mean 'to learn'.

In French, as I understand it, you can say things like "je vais vous apprendre", "je pourrais vous apprendre" ("I will teach you" / "I can teach you") using "apprendre", but I don't think apprendre works in the sentences you've given, where there is no stated object (recipient of the teaching).


English: (1) Honoka teaches Japanese. | (2) Anna learns Japanese. / Anna studies Japanese.
German: (1) Honoka unterrichtet Japanisch. / (Honoka lehrt Japanisch). | (2) Anna lernt Japanisch. / (Anna studiert Japanisch.)

French: (1) Honaka enseigne le japonais. | (2) Ana apprend le japonais. / Anna étudie le japonais.
Spanish: (1) Honoka enseña japonés. | (2) Anna aprende japonés. / Anna estudia japonés.

Latvian: (1) Honoka māca japāņu valodu. | (2) Ana mācās japāņu valodu.

Russian: (1) Хонока преподаёт японский (язык). / Хонока обучает японскому языку. / (Хонока учит японскому языку). | (2) Анна изучает японский (язык). / (Анна учит японский язык).

Estonian: (1) Honoka õpetab jaapani keelt. | (2) Anna õpib jaapani keelt.
Finnish: (1) Honoka opettaa japania. | (2) Anna opiskelee japania.
Võro: (1) Honoka oppas jaaboni kiilt. | )2_ Anna opṕ jaaboni kiilt.
Meadow Mari: (1) Хонока япон йылмым туныкта. | (2) Анна япон йылмым тунемеш.

[nijk]

English: (1) Honoka teaches Japanese. | (2) Anna learns Japanese. / Anna studies Japanese.
German: (1) Honoka unterrichtet Japanisch. / (Honoka lehrt Japanisch). | (2) Anna lernt Japanisch. / (Anna studiert Japanisch.)

Italian: (1) Honoka insegna il giapponese. | (2) Anna impara il giapponese. / Anna studia il giapponese
French: (1) Honaka enseigne le japonais. | (2) Ana apprend le japonais. / Anna étudie le japonais.
Spanish: (1) Honoka enseña japonés. | (2) Anna aprende japonés. / Anna estudia japonés.

Latvian: (1) Honoka māca japāņu valodu. | (2) Ana mācās japāņu valodu.

Russian: (1) Хонока преподаёт японский (язык). / Хонока обучает японскому языку. / (Хонока учит японскому языку). | (2) Анна изучает японский (язык). / (Анна учит японский язык).

Estonian: (1) Honoka õpetab jaapani keelt. | (2) Anna õpib jaapani keelt.
Finnish: (1) Honoka opettaa japania. | (2) Anna opiskelee japania.
Võro: (1) Honoka oppas jaaboni kiilt. | )2_ Anna opṕ jaaboni kiilt.
Meadow Mari: (1) Хонока япон йылмым туныкта. | (2) Анна япон йылмым тунемеш.

[Dormouse559]

Inspired by the auto-antonyms thread, where it was mentioned that in some languages the verb for 'to teach' can also mean 'to learn'.

In French, as I understand it, you can say things like "je vais vous apprendre", "je pourrais vous apprendre" ("I will teach you" / "I can teach you") using "apprendre", but I don't think apprendre works in the sentences you've given, where there is no stated object (recipient of the teaching).

Can confirm. Intransitive apprendre only means "learn".

[Linguaphile]

Inspired by the auto-antonyms thread, where it was mentioned that in some languages the verb for 'to teach' can also mean 'to learn'.

In French, as I understand it, you can say things like "je vais vous apprendre", "je pourrais vous apprendre" ("I will teach you" / "I can teach you") using "apprendre", but I don't think apprendre works in the sentences you've given, where there is no stated object (recipient of the teaching).

Can confirm. Intransitive apprendre only means "learn".

Thanks!

+ correcting a typo (I misspelled Anna, of all things. There was no reason at all that I spelled it two different ways for my two French translations in part 2, )

English: (1) Honoka teaches Japanese. | (2) Anna learns Japanese. / Anna studies Japanese.
German: (1) Honoka unterrichtet Japanisch. / (Honoka lehrt Japanisch). | (2) Anna lernt Japanisch. / (Anna studiert Japanisch.)

Italian: (1) Honoka insegna il giapponese. | (2) Anna impara il giapponese. / Anna studia il giapponese
French: (1) Honaka enseigne le japonais. | (2) Anna apprend le japonais. / Anna étudie le japonais.
Spanish: (1) Honoka enseña japonés. | (2) Anna aprende japonés. / Anna estudia japonés.

Latvian: (1) Honoka māca japāņu valodu. | (2) Ana mācās japāņu valodu.

Russian: (1) Хонока преподаёт японский (язык). / Хонока обучает японскому языку. / (Хонока учит японскому языку). | (2) Анна изучает японский (язык). / (Анна учит японский язык).

Estonian: (1) Honoka õpetab jaapani keelt. | (2) Anna õpib jaapani keelt.
Finnish: (1) Honoka opettaa japania. | (2) Anna opiskelee japania.
Võro: (1) Honoka oppas jaaboni kiilt. | )2_ Anna opṕ jaaboni kiilt.
Meadow Mari: (1) Хонока япон йылмым туныкта. | (2) Анна япон йылмым тунемеш.

[h34]

+ correcting a typo (I misspelled Anna, of all things. There was no reason at all that I spelled it two different ways for my two French translations in part 2, )

I've just realized that I misspelled Anna in the Latvian translation as well (maybe because double consonants rarely occur in Latvian; but Anna, spelled with -nn-, is the most common female name in Latvia…) Corrected.

English: (1) Honoka teaches Japanese. | (2) Anna learns Japanese. / Anna studies Japanese.
German: (1) Honoka unterrichtet Japanisch. / (Honoka lehrt Japanisch). | (2) Anna lernt Japanisch. / (Anna studiert Japanisch.)

Italian: (1) Honoka insegna il giapponese. | (2) Anna impara il giapponese. / Anna studia il giapponese
French: (1) Honaka enseigne le japonais. | (2) Anna apprend le japonais. / Anna étudie le japonais.
Spanish: (1) Honoka enseña japonés. | (2) Anna aprende japonés. / Anna estudia japonés.

Latvian: (1) Honoka māca japāņu valodu. | (2) Anna mācās japāņu valodu.

Russian: (1) Хонока преподаёт японский (язык). / Хонока обучает японскому языку. / (Хонока учит японскому языку). | (2) Анна изучает японский (язык). / (Анна учит японский язык).

Estonian: (1) Honoka õpetab jaapani keelt. | (2) Anna õpib jaapani keelt.
Finnish: (1) Honoka opettaa japania. | (2) Anna opiskelee japania.
Võro: (1) Honoka oppas jaaboni kiilt. | )2_ Anna opṕ jaaboni kiilt.
Meadow Mari: (1) Хонока япон йылмым туныкта. | (2) Анна япон йылмым тунемеш.

[Linguaphile]

+Hmong (three varieties). In all three, the word for "teach" is the same as the word for "show," and the word for "learn" or "study" is the same as the word for "basket" (because what you learn, you collect in your mental "basket"). The last version (kawm ntawv / geuf ndeud) adds the word for written materials to the word for "basket", in other words, learning/studying ("basketing") from written texts.

English: (1) Honoka teaches Japanese. | (2) Anna learns Japanese. / Anna studies Japanese.
German: (1) Honoka unterrichtet Japanisch. / (Honoka lehrt Japanisch). | (2) Anna lernt Japanisch. / (Anna studiert Japanisch.)

Italian: (1) Honoka insegna il giapponese. | (2) Anna impara il giapponese. / Anna studia il giapponese
French: (1) Honaka enseigne le japonais. | (2) Anna apprend le japonais. / Anna étudie le japonais.
Spanish: (1) Honoka enseña japonés. | (2) Anna aprende japonés. / Anna estudia japonés.

Latvian: (1) Honoka māca japāņu valodu. | (2) Anna mācās japāņu valodu.

Russian: (1) Хонока преподаёт японский (язык). / Хонока обучает японскому языку. / (Хонока учит японскому языку). | (2) Анна изучает японский (язык). / (Анна учит японский язык).

Estonian: (1) Honoka õpetab jaapani keelt. | (2) Anna õpib jaapani keelt.
Finnish: (1) Honoka opettaa japania. | (2) Anna opiskelee japania.
Võro: (1) Honoka oppas jaaboni kiilt. | (2) Anna opṕ jaaboni kiilt.
Meadow Mari: (1) Хонока япон йылмым туныкта. | (2) Анна япон йылмым тунемеш.

Hmong Daw: (1) Honoka qhia lus nyib poos. | (2) Anna kawm lus nyib poos. / Anna kawm ntawv lus nyib poos.
Hmong Njua: (1) Honoka qha lug nyib pooj. | (2) Anna kawm lug nyib pooj. / Anna kawm ntawv lug nyib pooj.
Chuanqiandian Hmong: (1) Honoka khat lol rix bend. | (2) Anna geuf lol rix bend. / Anna geuf ndeud lol rix bend.

[nijk]

I have a question: do "learn" and "study" mean the exact same thing in other languages? Because in Italian they don't. Studiare makes me think of people studying on grammar books and attending classes, whereas imparare has a much broader meaning, so, for instance, if you're chatting with a native speaker, you're probably still learning (imparare) a lot, but I wouldn't call it studiare.

So:

Anna impara il giapponese = Anna is trying to acquire the ability to speak, read, write and orally comprehend Japanese, whatever the means she's using.

Anna studia il giapponese = Anna is going through a more formal and structured education path in order to learn Japanese, so maybe she's attending a uni course or has a private teacher or something of the sort.

Honestly, I thought English had the same distinction but maybe it was just me improperly transfering a distinction that we have in Italian onto another language.

+Hmong (three varieties). In all three, the word for "teach" is the same as the word for "show,"

That's also true for Spanish enseñar, interestingly enough.

[Linguaphile]

I have a question: do "learn" and "study" mean the exact same thing in other languages? Because in Italian they don't. Studiare makes me think of people studying on grammar books and attending classes, whereas imparare has a much broader meaning, so, for instance, if you're chatting with a native speaker, you're probably still learning (imparare) a lot, but I wouldn't call it studiare.

So:

Anna impara il giapponese = Anna is trying to acquire the ability to speak, read, write and orally comprehend Japanese, whatever the means she's using.

Anna studia il giapponese = Anna is going through a more formal and structured education path in order to learn Japanese, so maybe she's attending a uni course or has a private teacher or something of the sort.

Honestly, I thought English had the same distinction but maybe it was just me improperly transfering a distinction that we have in Italian onto another language.

Yes, English does, too. Another difference is that (in English and some of the other languages), if you have "learned" something already, you fully know it, while if you have "studied" something, that's not necessarily true. It's possible to study something for years and still not have learned it.

But, quite a few other languages don't have such a distinction. The Finnic languages just have one word for both "study" and "learn" (in Estonian if you want to emphasize that something has been "fully" learned as opposed to studied, you can add a word like selgeks - "selgeks õppinud" means "studied/learned to clarity" or in other words "fully learned"). In Hmong, the distinction between kawm and kawm ntawv has more to do with how (or from where) something has been learned (kawm ntawv means study/learn from books, notes, etc), so sometimes kawm ntawv can be like "study" while kawm is like "learn", but the distinction is not as clear-cut. Usually kawm ntawv is used for any studying/learning that happens at school. (And, as for "studying" something without actually "learning" it, the Hmong language doesn't easily allow for that. I think that situation would have to be described using a phrase like sim kawm [ntawv] meaning "try to learn/study", "should learn/study", "pretend to learn/study", etc).

+Hmong (three varieties). In all three, the word for "teach" is the same as the word for "show,"

That's also true for Spanish enseñar, interestingly enough.

Yep! Actually I tend to forget that that's not true of the cognates of enseñar in other languages.

[Naava]

I have a question: do "learn" and "study" mean the exact same thing in other languages? Because in Italian they don't. Studiare makes me think of people studying on grammar books and attending classes, whereas imparare has a much broader meaning, so, for instance, if you're chatting with a native speaker, you're probably still learning (imparare) a lot, but I wouldn't call it studiare.

So:

Anna impara il giapponese = Anna is trying to acquire the ability to speak, read, write and orally comprehend Japanese, whatever the means she's using.

Anna studia il giapponese = Anna is going through a more formal and structured education path in order to learn Japanese, so maybe she's attending a uni course or has a private teacher or something of the sort.

Honestly, I thought English had the same distinction but maybe it was just me improperly transfering a distinction that we have in Italian onto another language.

Yes, English does, too. Another difference is that (in English and some of the other languages), if you have "learned" something already, you fully know it, while if you have "studied" something, that's not necessarily true. It's possible to study something for years and still not have learned it.

But, quite a few other languages don't have such a distinction. The Finnic languages just have one word for both "study" and "learn".

Then there's Finnish with three words for learning: oppia, opetella, and opiskella. I've explained what oppia means here but maybe you could summarise it as "gaining new information or skills". I think the difference between opetella and opiskella is that opiskella sounds more academic, while opetella is more like practising or learning by doing. So, a toddler would opetella to speak in their mother tongue, a student would opiskella a new language, and both would result in them oppia the language.

I also feel like I'd want to change the phrasing a little depending on which word I use:
- oppia + the language + location, manner, or other context (where or how I learn/have learnt something)
- opetella + action (e.g. to write, to speak) + language
- opiskella + language

NB: There are exception to these (e.g. in some contexts you can use "oppia" without any location or context), so please don't think of them as strict rules but more like tendencies.

[Linguaphile]

Then there's Finnish with three words for learning: oppia, opetella, and opiskella. I've explained what oppia means here but maybe you could summarise it as "gaining new information or skills". I think the difference between opetella and opiskella is that opiskella sounds more academic, while opetella is more like practising or learning by doing. So, a toddler would opetella to speak in their mother tongue, a student would opiskella a new language, and both would result in them oppia the language.

If you're interested, here's what the SES Finnish-Estonian dictionary says about those words (how they are translated and how they are distinguished in the explanations):

oppia õppida; (tottua) ära harjuda {jotakin millegagi}, omaks võtta
opiskella õppida (nt kõrgkoolis, täienduskoolitusel vms)
opetella õppida (harjutades); (harjoitella) harjutada; (päntätä) tuupida, pähe õppida

[Locoluis]

+Mapudungun

English: (1) Honoka teaches Japanese. | (2) Anna learns Japanese. / Anna studies Japanese.
German: (1) Honoka unterrichtet Japanisch. / (Honoka lehrt Japanisch). | (2) Anna lernt Japanisch. / (Anna studiert Japanisch.)

Italian: (1) Honoka insegna il giapponese. | (2) Anna impara il giapponese. / Anna studia il giapponese
French: (1) Honaka enseigne le japonais. | (2) Anna apprend le japonais. / Anna étudie le japonais.
Spanish: (1) Honoka enseña japonés. | (2) Anna aprende japonés. / Anna estudia japonés.

Latvian: (1) Honoka māca japāņu valodu. | (2) Anna mācās japāņu valodu.

Russian: (1) Хонока преподаёт японский (язык). / Хонока обучает японскому языку. / (Хонока учит японскому языку). | (2) Анна изучает японский (язык). / (Анна учит японский язык).

Estonian: (1) Honoka õpetab jaapani keelt. | (2) Anna õpib jaapani keelt.
Finnish: (1) Honoka opettaa japania. | (2) Anna opiskelee japania.
Võro: (1) Honoka oppas jaaboni kiilt. | (2) Anna opṕ jaaboni kiilt.
Meadow Mari: (1) Хонока япон йылмым туныкта. | (2) Анна япон йылмым тунемеш.

Hmong Daw: (1) Honoka qhia lus nyib poos. | (2) Anna kawm lus nyib poos. / Anna kawm ntawv lus nyib poos.
Hmong Njua: (1) Honoka qha lug nyib pooj. | (2) Anna kawm lug nyib pooj. / Anna kawm ntawv lug nyib pooj.
Chuanqiandian Hmong: (1) Honoka khat lol rix bend. | (2) Anna geuf lol rix bend. / Anna geuf ndeud lol rix bend.

Mapudungun: (1) Honoka kimeltukey Kaponzugun; Honoka azümelkey Kaponzugun | (2) Anna kim Kaponzugukey / Anna chillkatukey Kaponzugun.

[Multiturquoise]

+ Georgian

English: (1) Honoka teaches Japanese. | (2) Anna learns Japanese. / Anna studies Japanese.
German: (1) Honoka unterrichtet Japanisch. / (Honoka lehrt Japanisch). | (2) Anna lernt Japanisch. / (Anna studiert Japanisch.)

Italian: (1) Honoka insegna il giapponese. | (2) Anna impara il giapponese. / Anna studia il giapponese
French: (1) Honaka enseigne le japonais. | (2) Anna apprend le japonais. / Anna étudie le japonais.
Spanish: (1) Honoka enseña japonés. | (2) Anna aprende japonés. / Anna estudia japonés.

Latvian: (1) Honoka māca japāņu valodu. | (2) Anna mācās japāņu valodu.

Russian: (1) Хонока преподаёт японский (язык). / Хонока обучает японскому языку. / (Хонока учит японскому языку). | (2) Анна изучает японский (язык). / (Анна учит японский язык).

Estonian: (1) Honoka õpetab jaapani keelt. | (2) Anna õpib jaapani keelt.
Finnish: (1) Honoka opettaa japania. | (2) Anna opiskelee japania.
Võro: (1) Honoka oppas jaaboni kiilt. | (2) Anna opṕ jaaboni kiilt.
Meadow Mari: (1) Хонока япон йылмым туныкта. | (2) Анна япон йылмым тунемеш.

Hmong Daw: (1) Honoka qhia lus nyib poos. | (2) Anna kawm lus nyib poos. / Anna kawm ntawv lus nyib poos.
Hmong Njua: (1) Honoka qha lug nyib pooj. | (2) Anna kawm lug nyib pooj. / Anna kawm ntawv lug nyib pooj.
Chuanqiandian Hmong: (1) Honoka khat lol rix bend. | (2) Anna geuf lol rix bend. / Anna geuf ndeud lol rix bend.

Mapudungun: (1) Honoka kimeltukey Kaponzugun; Honoka azümelkey Kaponzugun | (2) Anna kim Kaponzugukey / Anna chillkatukey Kaponzugun.

Georgian: (1) ჰონოკა ასწავლის იაპონურს | (2) ანა სწავლობს იაპონურს.

[Liggliluff]

+ Swedish

English: (1) Honoka teaches Japanese. | (2) Anna learns Japanese. / Anna studies Japanese.
German: (1) Honoka unterrichtet Japanisch. / (Honoka lehrt Japanisch). | (2) Anna lernt Japanisch. / (Anna studiert Japanisch.)
Swedish: (1) Honoka lär (ut) japanska. / Honoka undervisar i japanska. | (2) Anna lär sig japanska. / Anna studerar japanska.

Italian: (1) Honoka insegna il giapponese. | (2) Anna impara il giapponese. / Anna studia il giapponese
French: (1) Honaka enseigne le japonais. | (2) Anna apprend le japonais. / Anna étudie le japonais.
Spanish: (1) Honoka enseña japonés. | (2) Anna aprende japonés. / Anna estudia japonés.

Latvian: (1) Honoka māca japāņu valodu. | (2) Anna mācās japāņu valodu.

Russian: (1) Хонока преподаёт японский (язык). / Хонока обучает японскому языку. / (Хонока учит японскому языку). | (2) Анна изучает японский (язык). / (Анна учит японский язык).

Estonian: (1) Honoka õpetab jaapani keelt. | (2) Anna õpib jaapani keelt.
Finnish: (1) Honoka opettaa japania. | (2) Anna opiskelee japania.
Võro: (1) Honoka oppas jaaboni kiilt. | (2) Anna opṕ jaaboni kiilt.
Meadow Mari: (1) Хонока япон йылмым туныкта. | (2) Анна япон йылмым тунемеш.

Hmong Daw: (1) Honoka qhia lus nyib poos. | (2) Anna kawm lus nyib poos. / Anna kawm ntawv lus nyib poos.
Hmong Njua: (1) Honoka qha lug nyib pooj. | (2) Anna kawm lug nyib pooj. / Anna kawm ntawv lug nyib pooj.
Chuanqiandian Hmong: (1) Honoka khat lol rix bend. | (2) Anna geuf lol rix bend. / Anna geuf ndeud lol rix bend.

Mapudungun: (1) Honoka kimeltukey Kaponzugun; Honoka azümelkey Kaponzugun | (2) Anna kim Kaponzugukey / Anna chillkatukey Kaponzugun.

Georgian: (1) ჰონოკა ასწავლის იაპონურს | (2) ანა სწავლობს იაპონურს.

[Multiturquoise]

Trying Japanese.

English: (1) Honoka teaches Japanese. | (2) Anna learns Japanese. / Anna studies Japanese.
German: (1) Honoka unterrichtet Japanisch. / (Honoka lehrt Japanisch). | (2) Anna lernt Japanisch. / (Anna studiert Japanisch.)
Swedish: (1) Honoka lär (ut) japanska. / Honoka undervisar i japanska. | (2) Anna lär sig japanska. / Anna studerar japanska.

Italian: (1) Honoka insegna il giapponese. | (2) Anna impara il giapponese. / Anna studia il giapponese
French: (1) Honaka enseigne le japonais. | (2) Anna apprend le japonais. / Anna étudie le japonais.
Spanish: (1) Honoka enseña japonés. | (2) Anna aprende japonés. / Anna estudia japonés.

Latvian: (1) Honoka māca japāņu valodu. | (2) Anna mācās japāņu valodu.

Russian: (1) Хонока преподаёт японский (язык). / Хонока обучает японскому языку. / (Хонока учит японскому языку). | (2) Анна изучает японский (язык). / (Анна учит японский язык).

Estonian: (1) Honoka õpetab jaapani keelt. | (2) Anna õpib jaapani keelt.
Finnish: (1) Honoka opettaa japania. | (2) Anna opiskelee japania.
Võro: (1) Honoka oppas jaaboni kiilt. | (2) Anna opṕ jaaboni kiilt.
Meadow Mari: (1) Хонока япон йылмым туныкта. | (2) Анна япон йылмым тунемеш.

Hmong Daw: (1) Honoka qhia lus nyib poos. | (2) Anna kawm lus nyib poos. / Anna kawm ntawv lus nyib poos.
Hmong Njua: (1) Honoka qha lug nyib pooj. | (2) Anna kawm lug nyib pooj. / Anna kawm ntawv lug nyib pooj.
Chuanqiandian Hmong: (1) Honoka khat lol rix bend. | (2) Anna geuf lol rix bend. / Anna geuf ndeud lol rix bend.

Mapudungun: (1) Honoka kimeltukey Kaponzugun; Honoka azümelkey Kaponzugun | (2) Anna kim Kaponzugukey / Anna chillkatukey Kaponzugun.

Georgian: (1) ჰონოკა ასწავლის იაპონურს | (2) ანა სწავლობს იაპონურს.

Japanese: (1) 穂乃果は日本語を教えています。 | (2) アンナは日本語を勉強しています。

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Czech

English: (1) Honoka teaches Japanese. | (2) Anna learns Japanese. / Anna studies Japanese.
German: (1) Honoka unterrichtet Japanisch. / (Honoka lehrt Japanisch). | (2) Anna lernt Japanisch. / (Anna studiert Japanisch.)
Swedish: (1) Honoka lär (ut) japanska. / Honoka undervisar i japanska. | (2) Anna lär sig japanska. / Anna studerar japanska.

Italian: (1) Honoka insegna il giapponese. | (2) Anna impara il giapponese. / Anna studia il giapponese
French: (1) Honaka enseigne le japonais. | (2) Anna apprend le japonais. / Anna étudie le japonais.
Spanish: (1) Honoka enseña japonés. | (2) Anna aprende japonés. / Anna estudia japonés.

Latvian: (1) Honoka māca japāņu valodu. | (2) Anna mācās japāņu valodu.

Russian: (1) Хонока преподаёт японский (язык). / Хонока обучает японскому языку. / (Хонока учит японскому языку). | (2) Анна изучает японский (язык). / (Анна учит японский язык).
Czech: (1) Honoka vyučuje japonštinu. / Honoka učí japonštinu. | (2) Anna se učí japonštinu. / (Anna studuje japonštinu.)

Estonian: (1) Honoka õpetab jaapani keelt. | (2) Anna õpib jaapani keelt.
Finnish: (1) Honoka opettaa japania. | (2) Anna opiskelee japania.
Võro: (1) Honoka oppas jaaboni kiilt. | (2) Anna opṕ jaaboni kiilt.
Meadow Mari: (1) Хонока япон йылмым туныкта. | (2) Анна япон йылмым тунемеш.

Hmong Daw: (1) Honoka qhia lus nyib poos. | (2) Anna kawm lus nyib poos. / Anna kawm ntawv lus nyib poos.
Hmong Njua: (1) Honoka qha lug nyib pooj. | (2) Anna kawm lug nyib pooj. / Anna kawm ntawv lug nyib pooj.
Chuanqiandian Hmong: (1) Honoka khat lol rix bend. | (2) Anna geuf lol rix bend. / Anna geuf ndeud lol rix bend.

Mapudungun: (1) Honoka kimeltukey Kaponzugun; Honoka azümelkey Kaponzugun | (2) Anna kim Kaponzugukey / Anna chillkatukey Kaponzugun.

Georgian: (1) ჰონოკა ასწავლის იაპონურს | (2) ანა სწავლობს იაპონურს.

Japanese: (1) 穂乃果は日本語を教えています。 | (2) アンナは日本語を勉強しています。 [/quote]