Question

What is the difference between savoir and connaitre?

Answer 1

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savoir = to know, to be able (mentally), to know how (something you must learn first or reason about)

connaître = to know, to be acquainted with (something you glean th rough the senses, or by perception)

Here are 2 sentences to compare:

Je sais ce livre = I know that book. That means from cover to cover, inside-out

Je connais ce livre = I know that book. That means I am acquianted with that book. I might recognize the cover.

When you have some sentences to compare it will make this so much easier.

Mme