Polyglot Dictionary

savoir

/sa.vwaʁ/

verb A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
sait
past
a su
perfect
su

Meaning

  1. to know

V Category State Concreteness Abstract Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

connaître

savoir means "to know" a fact, or to know how to do something; connaître means "to know" a person or place, to be familiar with — a classic, useful distinction.

Practice

1 What does savoir mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il ___ la vérité.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches savoir?

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