How can I differentiate between ‘learn’ and ‘teach’ in a sentence - dysgu seems to cover both?
I would usually say something like “dysgu fel tiwtor” / “teach as a tutor” if the context didn’t make it clear.
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OK Huw, diolch yn fawr!
I think ‘addysgu’ is used to mean ‘teach’ but not ‘learn’, so I always use that when I mean ‘teach’.
On the opposite side, it would be nice if there were a verb which exclusively means ‘learn’ but not ‘teach’!
Another great answer - thank you Cymdraegwn.
Addysg - is education so addysgu is to educate. You can use it but it’d sound similar to using educate in an English sentence. So I don’t think you can say dwi’n addysgu Ffrangeg - to replace dysgu.
If you use dysgu it’s normally understood from context, but as Huw said, fel tiwtor or something similar can help.
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Waw! This is certainly an “addysg” for me. OK pawb, I’ll probably stick to dysgu, I am sure from my halting conversation they will guess which I mean. Thank you everyone. 
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See it as an opportunity to practise more Welsh by explaining 
Couple other phrases
i blant/oedolion (to children/adults)
mewn ysgol/coleg (in a school/college)
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Well, for what it’s worth, some English dialects still use “larn”, the forerunner of learn. Larn means teach and learn Also a lender can either lend money from someone or to someone. So, yes, its all in the context.
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I’ve heard “learn them tidy” for “teach them well” in Ebbw Vale which, being my birth town, can do no wrong. 
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And in Welsh ‘benthyg’ means both ‘to lend’ and ‘to borrow’.
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Ah. I knew there was a reason for me remembering that 
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