tanul

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same stem as tanít (to teach) + -ul (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒnul]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nul
  • Rhymes: -ul

Verb

tanul

  1. (transitive) to study, to learn (to acquire or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something; from someone: -tól/-től)
    Perfective: megtanul
    Coordinate term: tanít
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to study (to review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination)
  3. (intransitive) to study, to learn (to attend a course or other educational activity; with/from a teacher: -nál/-nél)
  4. (intransitive) to learn (to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve; from something: -ból/-ből)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • betanul
  • beletanul
  • eltanul
  • kitanul
  • megtanul
  • összetanul
Expressions

Further reading

  • tanul in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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