enseigner
Meanings
Verb
1. to teach, to instruct, to educate (transitive, with recipient as direct object)
2. to teach (transitive, with subject matter as direct object, instructee as indirect object with à)
Examples396
On lui enseigne le français.
We are teaching him/her French.
enseigner quelque chose à quelqu'un
to teach someone something (literally, to teach something to someone)
enseigner à quelqu'un à faire quelque chose
to teach someone (how) to do something
Elle a l'intention de leur enseigner à résoudre les équations différentielles.
She intends to teach them to solve differential equations.
enseigner des enfants et des adolescents
to teach young children and adolescents
Tom enseigne à Harvard.
Tom teaches at Harvard.