lära

Etymology 1
From or. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a scientific branch, a theory
 * 2) a creed, a doctrine, a tenet
 * 3) an apprenticeship

Etymology 2
From late, , from , ultimately from.

Verb

 * 1) to teach, to instruct
 * 2)  to learn, to study, to teach oneself
 * 1)  to learn, to study, to teach oneself

Usage notes
The verb lära requires the presence of two objects; who is learning and what is being learnt. If the one who is learning is the same as the subject of the clause, the reflexive pronoun sig oneself must be placed immediately after the verb, and the construction is understood as to learn or study. If however the one who is learning is not the same as the subject of the clause, the construction is understood as to teach or instruct. In both cases the subject/matter being learnt must follow.

If who is learning is the same as the subject (co-referential), the source of the knowledge being imparted may be specified by a prepositional phrase headed by either av or från. If this source is an active instructor, av is preferred, and if a passive source, then från is the preferred choice.


 * Jag lär mig franska av min vän.
 * I am learning French from my friend.
 * Jag lär mig franska från en bok.
 * I am learning French from a book.

If the source of knowledge is practice or another activity, this may be conveyed through a subordinate clause, headed by genom:


 * Jag lär mig franska genom att prata med en vän.
 * I am learning French by talking to a friend.

Verb

 * 1) to be said to
 * 2) to be bound to (be very likely to)
 * 3) to have to
 * 1) to be bound to (be very likely to)
 * 2) to have to
 * 1) to have to
 * 1) to have to
 * 1) to have to
 * 1) to have to

Usage notes

 * The modern sense is commonly "to be bound to" rather than "to be said to," sometimes leading to ambiguity.
 * This lära is used only or almost only in the present tense (lär). To express was said to or certainly had to one would use another verb. Infinitive constructions like might be theoretically possible but is never or extremely seldom seen.