Okay kinda silly question. I have friend who says that you can say "learned" the normal why but also say it like "learn" "Ed" like say learn, then end it with Ed like the name Ed. Is this proper? It just seems weird to me, I have never heard anyone say learned ...learn-Ed , so is there 2 ways to use the word learned correctly?
Depends on the meaning...
A person is learn-ED, but they achieved that status because they "learned" information.
"Learn-Ed" is an adjective. It describes a person who knows a lot. Synonym for "educated" and "wise."
"Learned" is a verb. It's the past tense of "learn."
Same root "(from the proto-Germanic "liznojan"), but two different parts of speech.
I "learned" how to speak French. (the verb form of learn (pronounced 'learnd')
He is a very learn-ed person. (scholarly, pronounced 'learnid')
Yep! There are 2 ways to say 'learned' correctly!
Learned: I learned something new today.
Learned (lur-nid) : My learned friend is correct.
First is a verb. Past tense of learn here in the US. Queens English uses learnt more often than not, but its pronounced "Ed" instead of a crisp T in some circles, a glottal stop in others. (I learnT iT/ I learn'd it / I learh' it, dinid I?)
Second is an adjective describing a persons education, particularly used to describe those with law degrees, but also other advanced degrees.
Yes.
Learned (past tense of the verb learn).
Learn -ed is an adjective, describing someone's education.
There are so many interesting things about the English language! This reminds me of a time when I just finished college. I participated in a teach abroad practicum in Bath, England. I student taught in a 2nd grade classroom. One day I was going around helping the kids edit some writing. Unbeknownst to me at the time, in England when people talk in the past tense they add a 't' to the end of a word instead of 'ed'. (i.e. learnt instead of learned). I was changing all of these papers to ed, thinking it was a misspelling when the teacher said aloud, "Children, why are you all putting ed on the end of your words??"
Oops. It was a great grammar lesson for us all!
A.
Yes...
There are two pronunciations and meanings for the same word.
It depends on how you use them.
I learned how to change a tire today.
My learned mechanic checked it to make sure I did it correctly.
I guess on one hand, we may learn something.
On the other hand, someone is well versed, experienced, and learned, meaning skilled, educated, and experienced as opposed to I learned how to change a spark plug in the lawn mower.
I hope that makes sense.
What Krista said.
Not the same as the "hurtED" thing!
no its learned. not learn-ed. i have a friend that says hurt-ed and hes (when it should be his). she thinks its funny and lets her kids speak like that. it bothers me because they should be taught to speak correctly.
"Learned" pronounced as a single syllable is the simple past tense and past participle of the verb "to learn," as in, "I learned to ride a bicycle when I was 8 years old." The verb is always pronounced as a single syllable.
"Learned" pronounced with two syllables (learn-ed) is an adjective describing someone who is highly educated, as in "The learned old Oxford professor dazzled his fellow academics with his erudition while his students snored in the corner."
Can you tell I was an English teacher in my pre-child life? :-)
What Shane said (and probably most of the other posts).
Learned and LearnED mean different things. You would say "I learned to knit." But if you are talking about a well-educated person you would say "She's a very learnED woman." Obviously you wouldn't really spell it with capital letters, that is just how you would pronounce it.
