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

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Il fut surpris par ce qu'il apprit. He was surprised by what he learned.
Qui lui apprit comment parler anglais ? Who taught her how to speak English?
Elle pleura de joie lorsqu'elle apprit que son fils avait survécu à l'écrasement de l'avion. She cried for joy when she heard that her son had survived the plane crash.
L'homme apprit tôt l'usage des outils. Man learned early to use tools.
Il nous apprit que Colomb avait découvert l'Amérique. He taught us that Columbus discovered America.
Elle fut surprise par ce qu'elle apprit. She was surprised by what she learned.
Elle lut la lettre et apprit ainsi sa mort. She read the letter, and so she came to learn that he was dead.
En grandissant, il apprit à mettre les choses en perspective. As he grew up, he learned to put things in perspective.
Tom apprit à accepter l'amour que ses beaux-parents lui offraient. Tom learned to accept the love his stepparents gave him.
À la fin de sa vie l'avare apprit à être généreux. Late in life the miser learned to be generous with money.
Alors, cette enfant de quatorze ans apprit, comme dans un devoir, ce que l'on cache aux vierges jusqu'à la nuit des noces. Elle feuilletait les planches de l'Anatomie, ces planches superbes d'une réalité saignante; elle s'arrêtait à chacun des organes, pénétrait les plus secrets, ceux dont on a fait la honte de l'homme et de la femme. Then, this child of fourteen years learned, as in a homework, that which we hide to maidens until their wedding night. She flipped through the drawings of the anatomy book, those superb drawings of a bloody reality. She paused upon each organ, understanding the most secret of them, those upon which is built the shame of men and women.
L'actrice apprend son texte. The actress is learning her lines.
Elle nous apprend le français. French is taught us by her.
J'ai appris tout cela. I've heard all about it.
Tu auras des problèmes si ta copine apprend la vérité. You will get into trouble if your girlfriend finds out the truth.
Elle m'a appris à nager. She told me how to swim.
L'actrice apprend son rôle. The actress is learning her part.
Mme Thomas nous apprend l'Histoire. Miss Thomas teaches us history.
Comment avez-vous appris la nouvelle ? How did you hear the news?
On apprend de ses erreurs. We learn by trial and error.
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