Know - Connaître (The 133rd Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Know is Connaître. This word often comes up when talking about family & relationships, occupation, communication. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 133rd most commonly used word in French. It can be used as verb. You can listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Our app offers over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common French words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

English: know

French: connaître

Examples


I'd like to know the rest of the story.	J'aimerais connaître le reste de l'histoire.
I'm the only one who knows them.	Je suis le seul à les connaître.
He seems to know the secret.	Il semble connaître le secret.
We're supposed to know the rules.	Nous sommes supposés connaître les règles.
I don't want to know their names.	Je ne veux pas connaître leurs noms.
I'd like to know the reason.	Je veux en connaître la raison.
I want to know the facts.	Je veux connaître les faits.
We want to know the facts.	Nous voulons connaître les faits.

Everybody is supposed to know the law, but few people really do.	Tout le monde est censé connaître les lois, mais très peu de gens les connaissent vraiment.
I need to know your answer by Friday.	J'ai besoin de connaître votre réponse d'ici vendredi.
It isn't enough to know only one language.	Il ne suffit pas de connaître une seule langue.
You yourself should know.	Vous devez vous connaître.
I want to know the details.	Je veux connaître les détails.
Thousands of people wanted to know the answer.	Des milliers de personnes voulaient connaître la réponse.
You came here because you wanted to know the truth.	Tu es venu ici parce que tu voulais connaître la vérité.
I wish I had known the truth.	J'aurais aimé connaître la vérité.
But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.	Mais je pense toujours que la meilleure façon de connaître Dieu est d'aimer beaucoup de choses.
I wish I had known his name then.	J'aurais aimé connaître son nom à l'époque.
You seem to know all the answers.	Tu sembles connaître toutes les réponses.
Don't ask questions that you don't want to know the answer to.	Ne pose pas de questions dont tu ne veux pas connaître la réponse.
He's the only one who knows the truth.	Il est le seul à connaître la vérité.