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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5054 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes  Speaks: Russian* | Message 33 of 71 13 January 2013 at 6:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
Мы здесь учим английскому языку. Or (better) Мы здесь преподаём английский язык. The first sentence will be better if you add a direct object there (who you teach the English language). 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4713 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 34 of 71 13 January 2013 at 6:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
Mark, what's the change in meaning with the dative case? To me, this sentence above would express something like "Here, we teach (something) to the English language", which makes no sense at all =P Explain, please. Edited by fabriciocarraro on 13 January 2013 at 6:15pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5054 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 35 of 71 13 January 2013 at 6:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
Учить что-то to learn something, учить чему-то - to teach something. Учить кого-то чему- то is to teach something to someone. In Russian it is in the opposite way than in English. Edited by Марк on 13 January 2013 at 6:18pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 36 of 71 13 January 2013 at 6:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Ah, now this sentence makes sense to me, too. Thanks for explaining, Mark!
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5054 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 37 of 71 13 January 2013 at 6:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have a question myself. Do I understand correctly that we say "to teach someone" and
"to teach something", but if we combine these two objects we have to add the preposition "to" before "someone"? Edited by Марк on 13 January 2013 at 6:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 38 of 71 13 January 2013 at 7:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Yes, but I think the "to" can often be left out:
I teach her English. I teach English to a group of students. I teach the students English. I don't know the exact rule though 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5054 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 39 of 71 13 January 2013 at 7:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
The word order is probably decisive here. Thank you. Edited by Марк on 13 January 2013 at 7:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4705 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 40 of 71 13 January 2013 at 7:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
To teach someone something. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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