Connaître

Alberta N.B2Kwiziq community member

Connaître

Why the verb connaître for “to meet”

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________ Leila à la fac. I met Leila at university.HINT: Conjugate connaître (to meet) in Le Passé Composé (conversational past)J'ai connu

This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate paraître/connaître and derivatives (+ avoir) - except apparaître and naître - in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)"

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Alan G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Connaître means "to know", but in the sense of "to be acquainted with". When used in the passé composé, the implication is that this is the point at which you became acquainted. So a more literal translation would be: "I became acquainted with Leila at university", but it's obviously more natural just to say "I met".

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Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Exactly as Alan has explained (faire la connaissance) "make the acquaintance of" or "get to know" etc

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Connaître

Why the verb connaître for “to meet”

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________ Leila à la fac. I met Leila at university.HINT: Conjugate connaître (to meet) in Le Passé Composé (conversational past)J'ai connu

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