Find the difference between savoir and connaitre in french.

Bonjour

savoir et connaitre are both translated as "to know" in English

But in French, they have a different meaning :

SAVOIR =  

this verb is  followed

- by a verb infinitive and means you've learned to do something.. It expresses an abilty

- Elle sait jouer de la guitare = she knows how to play the guitar

- it can also be followed by a subordinate clause to express a fact

Elle sait quand nous allons partir = she knows when we are going to leave.

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CONNAITRE

This verb is followed by a noun, always a direct object,  never by a subordinate clause nor by another verb

it is used for people,acquaintances,  places...

- Je connais ce restaurant = I know this restaurant.

- Tu connais mes parents =  You know my parents

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You know this city = tu connais cette ville  (you've been there; you know it exists)

You know where is this city = tu sais où elle se trouve (you've learned where it  is ...)

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you know people, places.. = tu connais des gens, des endroits

but

you know facts = tu sais ce que les gens font  

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you know (connaitre) Peter

you know (savoir) parler français

hope this helps to understand ☺☺☺

Salut !

Connaître means “to know” in the sense of being acquainted with someone or something.

Exemple :

Je connais Marie. (I am acquainted with Marie)

Savoir means “to know” in the sense of knowing how to do something or knowing something by heart.

Exemple :

Je sais danser. (I know how to dance.)

Je sais ma leçon.

answer:

where is the musée d'orsay? to lyon in paris in the suburbs 2. what was it originally? it was a station. it was a theater. it was a museum. 3. in what year is the building inaugurated? in 1939 in 1900 in 1986 4. who was his architect? orsay orson welles victor laloux 5. in what year is the building transformed into a museum? in 1986 in 1900 in 1939 6. in which art is the museum mainly dedicated? to nineteenth-century art to impressionist art to twentieth-century art