To "learn" vs. to "study"

[Doug R]

How do you say "Chinese is a difficult language to learn". It is easy to study Chinese (just take a course), but difficult to learn it.

I remember that in Hebrew, ללמוד can mean both "to learn" and "to study", but is there a way to distinguish between the two concepts.

 

[LXNDR]

סינית קשֶה ללמוד
ללמוד סינית זה לא פשוט

In these phrases ללמוד will be understood as "to learn", just because Chinese is known to be a difficult language and the concept of taking a course would be expressed differently

Or even simpler
סינית היא שפה קשָה

 

[amikama]

is there a way to distinguish between the two concepts

I don't think there's a way to distinguish between these concepts. It's a nuance that doesn't exist in Hebrew.