French tutor Paris - Connaître VS Savoir

In English, it is simple because the translation of the word is: TO KNOW

In French, Connaître and savoir are used for different things.

CONNAITRE

it is used to express personal knowledge of something or someone. There is a familiarity thanks to the relationship, experience or observation.

You can know someone: I KNOW JOHN = je connais JOHN

you can know a place: I KNOW THIS RESTAURANT = je connais ce restaurant

you can know a work / art: I KNOW THIS POEM = je connais ce poème

*After connaître, there is never a verb in the infinitive.

SAVOIR

We use SAVOIR to express factual knowledge or something specific.

You can know how to DO something = savoir quelque chose

You can know information (it is not knowledge but you know precisely)

*after savoir, there can be a verb in the infinitive (je sais nager)

*after savoir, there can be a preposition (qui que quoi dont où comment) (je sais que tu adores Paris)

IN summary:

CONNAITRE implies knowledge with experience

(je connais un lieu, un personne, un oeuvre)

SAVOIR is more of a factual knowledge and mastery of something.

(je sais cuisinier, je sais où tu es...)

There you go I hope you understood the difference between these two verbs. They are very important.

See you soon for other lessons,

bisous bisous,

Caro

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