'learn' vs 'study'
Could you tell me which ones are right among following sentences? Thank you in advance.
1A. I'm learning Japanese every Saturday.
1B. I learn Japanese every Saturday.
2A. I'm studying Japanese in my free time.
2B. I study Japanese in my free time.
Top answer
They're all correct. The first 2 (1A, 1B) sound odd, because in common usage you wouldn't talk about learning at specific points in time, as you would with studying. Usually we talk about learning slowly, consistently over a long period of time.
- They're all correct.
- The first 2 (1A, 1B) sound odd, because in common usage you wouldn't talk about learning at specific points in time, as you would with studying.
- Usually we talk about learning slowly, consistently over a long period of time.
- Also, in 1B, when you say you "learn Japanese", it sort of implies that you learned all of Japanese.
- So the sentence sounds funny, because it sounds like you learned Japanese on a Saturday, and then the next Saturday you learned it all over again.
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They're all correct. The first 2 (1A, 1B) sound odd, because in common usage you wouldn't talk about learning at specific points in time, as you would with studying. Usually we talk about learning slowly, consistently over a long period of time. Also, in 1B, when you say you "learn Japanese", it sort of implies that you learned all of Japanese. So the sentence sounds funny, because
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