Jeg lærer af andre, når jeg øver mig på sproget.

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Breakdown of Jeg lærer af andre, når jeg øver mig på sproget.

• på: on
• når: when
• mig: myself

Questions & Answers about Jeg lærer af andre, når jeg øver mig på sproget.

Why is it lærer af andre and not just lærer andre?

Because at lære af nogen means to learn from someone.

In Danish, lære can be used in different ways:

• at lære noget = to learn something
• at lære nogen noget = to teach someone something
• at lære af nogen = to learn from someone

So in Jeg lærer af andre, af andre shows the source of the learning: from others.

Be careful, because jeg lærer andre would usually mean I teach others, not I learn others.

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What does af mean here, and why not fra?

Here af means from, in the sense of learning from a source.

With at lære, Danish normally uses af:

• Jeg lærer af mine fejl = I learn from my mistakes
• Vi lærer af hinanden = We learn from each other

Even though fra can also mean from in many contexts, lære af is the standard expression. For an English speaker, it is best to learn lære af as a set phrase.

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