Infinitive
lerni
Forms
Tenses
| Present | lernas |
| Past | lernis |
| Future | lernos |
| Conditional | lernus |
| Imperative | lernu! |
Participles
| Active past | lerninta |
| Active present | lernanta |
| Active future | lernonta |
| Passive past | lernita |
| Passive present | lernta |
| Passive future | lernota |
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *leys-
3. Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e
4. Proto-Germanic *lizanąder.
5. Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn
6. Proto-West Germanic *liʀnēn
7. Old High German lernēn
8. Middle High German lernen
9. German lernender.
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11. Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn
12. Old English leornian
13. Middle English lernen
14. English learnder.
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16. Middle High German lernen
17. Yiddish לערנען (lernen)der.
18. Esperanto lerni
19. From German lernen, English learn, Yiddish לערנען (lernen). See: German, old spelling '
lernen', English '
learn'.
Verbs referencing "lerni"
Ido lernar.
Sample Sentences
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Ĉu la homaro lernis pensi per la lingvo? (Did humanity learn to think through language?) [2003 February, Werner Fuß, “Ĉu la homaro lernis pensi per la lingvo?”, in Monato, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20:]
Translations
learn, to acquire knowledge or ability