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I learn to play vs I learned to play

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I learn to play' is present tense, indicating an ongoing action or a habitual activity. 'I learned to play' is past tense, indicating that the action of learning to play happened in the past and has been completed.

Last updated: March 23, 2024

I learn to play

This phrase is correct when referring to an ongoing action or a habitual activity in the present tense.

Use 'i learn to play' when you want to talk about the process of learning to play that is currently happening or as a regular activity.
  • Unless I learn to play some chess myself.
  • If I learn to play my horn, I'll be all right.
  • Like Miss Rainey, who taught me to read, like Mr. Salinetti, who suggested I learn to play drums to vent my anger,
  • When I'll grow up I'll learn to play violin, or start bulling cats.
  • She only heard their music that I could never learn to play.
  • I could never learn to play partners.
  • Doesn't matter if I learn shorthand or to play a bugle standing on my head.
  • I'll learn to play, you see. I'll learn everything.
  • And I think if I could learn how to play it they might hear me.
  • For two years I tried to learn to play the guitar: I made a lot of progress in the beginning, until I reached the point where I could advance no further.
  • And I was like, "I have to learn to play the guitar."
  • - That I wanted to learn how to play the banjo?
  • and I can help you learn to play it.
  • You know, I didn't know I had to learn how to play football on a mattress.
  • I want to learn Italian, play the piano, dance the tango.
  • I've always wanted to learn to play the drums.
  • Learn to play drums and I'll learn to sing in tune.
  • I think it's important she learns to play on a team, and I don't think we should just let her quit mid-season.
  • I told him the boy wanted to learn to play the clarinet.
  • You know, Ben, I think it's very admirable that you'd like to learn to play a musical instrument.

Alternatives:

  • I am learning to play
  • I learn to play every day

I learned to play

This phrase is correct when referring to an action of learning to play that happened in the past and has been completed.

Use 'i learned to play' when you want to talk about the specific event of learning to play that occurred in the past.
  • I learned to play in prison.
  • When I was little, I learned to play soccer here.
  • I learned to play the guitar growing up as a young rapscallion in Mississippi.
  • I learned to play guitar and sing on ice skates
  • I learned to play my role.
  • Even before learning Korean, I learned to play the gayageum.
  • I learned to play this summer.
  • I learned to play the piano in three days.
  • One summer I played Monopoly almost every day, all day long and that summer, I learned to play the game.

Alternatives:

  • I have learned to play
  • I learned to play last year

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