Usage examples of "appris" in French with translation to English

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Il a appris le français rapidement. He acquired French quickly.
Comment as-tu appris son existence ? How did you get to know about her?
Comment avez-vous appris son existence ? How did you get to know about her?
Quand avez-vous appris les faits ? When did you get to know the fact?
Il m'a appris à faire un gâteau. He showed me how to make a cake.
Nous avons appris la nouvelle de sa mort. We received word of her death.
Il a appris le français dans sa jeunesse. He acquired French when he was young.
Où est-ce que tu as appris l'italien ? Where did you pick up your Italian?
Il semble que le chat avait appris une trahison. Seems like the cat had gotten wind of a rat.
J'ai appris un peu de français ici et là. I picked up some French here and there.
Ce n'est qu'hier que j'ai appris la vérité. Not until yesterday did I know the truth.
Ce n'est que depuis hier que je l'ai appris. Not until yesterday did I know about it.
Ce n'est que depuis hier que j'ai appris son nom. It was not until yesterday that I knew her name.
Ce n'est qu'à ce moment que nous avons appris son adresse. It wasn't until then that we knew her address.
Le sens commun, c'est le ramassis des préjugés appris jusqu'à l'âge de 18 ans. Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
A la première approche, nous n'étions pas familier. Nous avons appris à nous connaître avec le temps. At first, we weren't familiar at all. Over time we got to know each other.
Bien sûr que j'ai appris l'anglais à l'école. Mais je ne m'y suis vraiment mis qu'il y a deux ou trois ans. Oh, sure, I studied English in my school days. But it wasn't until two or three years ago that I really started taking it seriously.
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