Friendship

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Permalink Reply by Frank on December 15, 2009 at 6:26pm

Ah, this infamous "connaître" vs "savoir" thingy again... Two verbs while English would just use "know" for both.

In this expression, connaitre would be the right one.

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Permalink Reply by Crack1 on December 15, 2009 at 6:45pm

Thanks Frank

La connaitre ne sait pas de frontière.
Friendship knows no boundaries.


La connaitre n'a pas de patrie.
Science knows no frontiers.
Is it correct now?

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Permalink Reply by Frank on December 15, 2009 at 6:57pm

La connaitre ne sait pas de frontière.

Mmm... doesn't make any sense. Le savoir (knowledge) ne connait pas de frontières maybe?

Friendship knows no boundaries.

L'amitié ne connait pas de frontières

La connaitre n'a pas de patrie.

Le savoir n'a pas de patrie (once and again if what you wanted to say is "knowledge").

Science knows no frontiers.

La science ne connait pas de frontières

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Permalink Reply by Crack1 on December 15, 2009 at 7:12pm

Frank

Le savoir ne connait pas de frontières .

L'amitié ne connait pas de frontières.
So the above sentences are correct.

I found the following in a dictionary; it is wrong. I accept what you tell me because you are a native French speaker.
La science n'a pas de patrie.
Science knows no frontiers.

Unfortunately I don't recall the name of the dictionary. It may be one of the online dictionaries or my paper dictionaries.

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Permalink Reply by Crack1 on December 20, 2009 at 7:11pm

10] Nous pouvons être bons amis.
We can be good friends.
I know the above French sentence is fine.

11] Nous pouvons être les meilleurs amis sur le terre.
We can be the best friends on earth.
How about the 11th sentence?

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Permalink Reply by Frank on December 20, 2009 at 7:14pm

Nous pouvons être les meilleurs amis sur le terre.

"sur terre" is the way to say "on earth".

Nous pouvons être les meilleurs amis sur le terre

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