FRENCH NOTE 30
Connaître
" Connaître " also means " to know". But how to use this verb in French ?
1.You can identify somebody ,something,recognize or having learnt their names as to who they are or what they are .
Je connais cet homme assis sur le banc.
I know that man seated on the bench.
Tu connais le nom de cette fleur ?
You know the name of this flower ?
Non, je vais demande au jardiner.
No , I shall ask the gardener.
2. Having learnt how somebody , an animal , a group,behaves , you can anticipate
their reactions / their feelings .
Je connais cet homme. Il se fâche très vite.
I know that man. He gets angry very quickly .
Les herpétologistes connaissent le comportement de serpents.
Herpetologists know the behavior of serpents.
3. You have interacted with a person , talked to him/her, visit him /her. You know him /her
personally.
Est- ce que tu sais Kumar?
Do you know Kumar ?
Non, c'est la première fois que j'entends ce nom.
No this is the first time that I hear this name.
Mon oncle se vante toujours qu'il connaît Amitab Bachan bien.
My uncle boasts always that he knows well Amitab Bachan.
4. You have visited a place. You know many things about that place. You know how to reach there.
Tu connais Coimbatore ?
You know Coimbatore ?
En fait, j'y suis né.
In fact, I was born there.
5. You know the existence of somebody , something and can tell about it.
Jean connais tous les plombiers dans le voisinage .
John knows all the plumbers in the neighborhood .
6. You have learnt some branch of knowledge. You know a technique . You have learnt some language .
Vous connaissez l'anglais ?
You know English ?
7. You know all about the working of a machine or apparatus.
Pierre , vous connaissez bien cette machine. Montrez- moi comment elle marche.
Peter, you know well this machine. Show me how it works .
8. Something about an idea or law / rules which affect us.
Son ambition ne connaît aucune limite.
His ambition has no limit.
Cette règle ne connaît aucune exception .
This rule has no exception.
9. You have experienced joy, success, abundance, poverty , pain etc
Elle avait connu la pauvreté pendant son enfance.
She had experienced poverty during her childhood
Amelie Nothomb a connu un succès énorme comme romancière .
Amelie Nothomb had enormous success as a novelist.
Now are you clear about the use of " connaître "?
10. S'y connaître en = to be an expert in
Mon frère s'y connais en ordinateurs .
My brother is an expert in computers.
Please note thé following
1. " Connaître is always followed by a noun .
2. Unlike the case of " savoir " , " connaître " is never followed by a subordinate clause.
There are several idiomatic expressions involving these two verbs which I can deal with later.
For the time being, what I covered is more than sufficient .I am sure you would appreciate the different shades of meaning of these two verbs.
Observe the conversations of French people in internet , films, chat etc and note under what circumstances they use this verb.
Happy learning !
Sayee Jayaraman
16/14/2014
4/02/2015
PS. Sometimes the keyboard types what I did not intend. In other words errors creep in. You are welcome to point out . I shall stand corrected. However , I try my best to avoid errors.
Connaître
" Connaître " also means " to know". But how to use this verb in French ?
1.You can identify somebody ,something,recognize or having learnt their names as to who they are or what they are .
Je connais cet homme assis sur le banc.
I know that man seated on the bench.
Tu connais le nom de cette fleur ?
You know the name of this flower ?
Non, je vais demande au jardiner.
No , I shall ask the gardener.
2. Having learnt how somebody , an animal , a group,behaves , you can anticipate
their reactions / their feelings .
Je connais cet homme. Il se fâche très vite.
I know that man. He gets angry very quickly .
Les herpétologistes connaissent le comportement de serpents.
Herpetologists know the behavior of serpents.
3. You have interacted with a person , talked to him/her, visit him /her. You know him /her
personally.
Est- ce que tu sais Kumar?
Do you know Kumar ?
Non, c'est la première fois que j'entends ce nom.
No this is the first time that I hear this name.
Mon oncle se vante toujours qu'il connaît Amitab Bachan bien.
My uncle boasts always that he knows well Amitab Bachan.
4. You have visited a place. You know many things about that place. You know how to reach there.
Tu connais Coimbatore ?
You know Coimbatore ?
En fait, j'y suis né.
In fact, I was born there.
5. You know the existence of somebody , something and can tell about it.
Jean connais tous les plombiers dans le voisinage .
John knows all the plumbers in the neighborhood .
6. You have learnt some branch of knowledge. You know a technique . You have learnt some language .
Vous connaissez l'anglais ?
You know English ?
7. You know all about the working of a machine or apparatus.
Pierre , vous connaissez bien cette machine. Montrez- moi comment elle marche.
Peter, you know well this machine. Show me how it works .
8. Something about an idea or law / rules which affect us.
Son ambition ne connaît aucune limite.
His ambition has no limit.
Cette règle ne connaît aucune exception .
This rule has no exception.
9. You have experienced joy, success, abundance, poverty , pain etc
Elle avait connu la pauvreté pendant son enfance.
She had experienced poverty during her childhood
Amelie Nothomb a connu un succès énorme comme romancière .
Amelie Nothomb had enormous success as a novelist.
Now are you clear about the use of " connaître "?
10. S'y connaître en = to be an expert in
Mon frère s'y connais en ordinateurs .
My brother is an expert in computers.
Please note thé following
1. " Connaître is always followed by a noun .
2. Unlike the case of " savoir " , " connaître " is never followed by a subordinate clause.
There are several idiomatic expressions involving these two verbs which I can deal with later.
For the time being, what I covered is more than sufficient .I am sure you would appreciate the different shades of meaning of these two verbs.
Observe the conversations of French people in internet , films, chat etc and note under what circumstances they use this verb.
Happy learning !
Sayee Jayaraman
16/14/2014
4/02/2015
PS. Sometimes the keyboard types what I did not intend. In other words errors creep in. You are welcome to point out . I shall stand corrected. However , I try my best to avoid errors.
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