Apprendre, vtr : to learn, to learn about, to hear about, to find out about, to teach, to inform, to tell about.

Elle apprend le français depuis trois ans.
She has been learning French for three years.

Je viens d’apprendre qu’elle est partie.
I just found out that she left.

Elle essaie d’apprendre le piano à son fils.
She is trying to teach her son the piano.

Il m’a appris la nouvelle.
He told me the news.