savoir

savoir [savwaʀ] vt → to know (= être capable de);

il sait nager → he knows how to swim, he can swim nm → knowledge;

se savoir (= être connu); to be known;

se savoir malade/incurable → to know that one is ill/incurably ill;

il est petit: tu ne peux pas savoir! → you won't believe how small he is!;

vous n'êtes pas sans savoir que → you are not ou will not be unaware of the fact that;

je crois savoir que ... → I believe that ..., I think I know that ...;

je n'en sais rien → I (really) don't know;

à savoir (que) → that is, namely;

faire savoir qch à qn → to inform sb about sth, let sb know sth;

pas que je sache → not as far as I know;

sans le savoir adv → unknowingly, unwittingly;

en savoir long → to know a lot