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We say
"att undervisa någon" - to teach someone
"att undervisa i något" - to teach something
Hon undervisar eleverna.
Hon undervisar i matematik.
thanks for the above!
but i also noticed we can use "lär ut" in this case? could you also explain to us how "lär ut" can be used in practice?
thanks!!
Att lära ut matematik är hennes passion - Teaching mathematics is her passion
To learn is called "att lära sig" by the way, but I guess that you already know that.
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Are undervisar and lära ut completely interchangeable, or do they have slightly different meanings?
"Undervisa" is normally used for teaching subjects in school:
Hon undervisar i fysik - She teaches physics
"Lära" is normally used for practical skills:
Han lärde mig att köra bil - He taught me how to drive a car
And, if I wanted to say "She teaches mathematics in Chinese," would that be "Hon undervisar i matematik på kinesiska"?
Is there any clue or rule on how an "i" in Swedish is supposed to be pronounced in a word? I mean, without hearing the sentence, I'd have pronounced "undervisa" with the same I as in "min". When am I supposed to use the weird "i" (as I like to call the i in undervisa) ?
The words "min" and "undervisar" are both pronounced with /iː/. If you're talking about how to predict vowel length, there are some general guidelines, but no rules as far as I know. Most helpfully I think is that doubled consonant letters indicate short vowels. Also, monosyllabic nouns ending in a nasal are often pronounced with short vowels despite not having a doubled consonant letter (e.g. "rum"), although the final letter is usually doubled in the definite form (e.g. rummet).
How would you say "My brother teaches in Chinese" - i.e. he is teaching an (unnamed) subject via the medium of the Chinese language?
Min bror undervisar (i något) på kinesiska. T.ex. Min bror undervisar i matematik på kinesiska.
