savoir
Meanings
Verb
1. to know (something)
2. to know how (to do something)
3. to be able to, to be apt to (especially in the negative or interrogative conditional; used in the positive in Belgium)
4. to find out
Examples8491
Comment savait-il que j'étais là?
How did he know that I was there?
Nous devons savoir pourquoi il a fait ça.
We have to find out why he did this.
Il est difficile de savoir si elle ment.
It's difficult to know if she's lying.
Il ne saurait tarder que...
It cannot/will not be long before...
Savez-vous nager?
Do you know how to swim?
Savais-tu qu'il parle si bien l'anglais?
Did you know that he speaks English so well?