connaitre et savoir

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EducatorPermalink Reply by stu harris on April 4, 2012 at 7:40pm

Of course, French teachers everywhere will tell you that savoir is to know how (to do something,) and connaitre is to know (a person.) But they ignore the common expression s'y connaitre, which is very much a know how construction.

Il s'y connait en logiciel = He knows about software

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Permalink Reply by Charles D on April 5, 2012 at 3:52am

I always thought that savor translates as "to know" a fact or "to know how" to do something.  Connaitre has more to do with knowing a person or to be familiar with something.  In any case, that's how I try to separate the two.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Peers on April 5, 2012 at 2:31pm

Thanks Stu - I certainly didn't know the expression s'y connaitre - very useful.

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Permalink Reply by Zhongjie Fan on April 6, 2012 at 6:06am

Bonjour,

À mon avis:

savoir+verb ou savoir+que+phrase

par exemple: Est-ce que tu sais faire un gâteau? Je sais bien que tu vas réussir.

 

connaître+nom

Par exemple: Je connais bien la Chine. Tu connais Paul comme je le connais?

 

(J'étudie aussi le français. S'il y a des torts, relevez-les, SVP.)

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