savoir

Meaning

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

Noun

knowledge

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sa.vwaʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French savoir/eir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre.
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Sentences

Comme je l’ai dit précédemment , il faut savoir reconnaître ses erreurs .

As I said before, you have to know how to recognize your mistakes.

Je ne veux rien savoir de ce qui se passe dans l’autre monde .

I don't want to know anything about what happens in the other world.

Chacun aurait donc un savoir immédiat de l'immédiat.

Everyone would therefore have an immediate knowledge of the immediate.

En revanche , je m’inquiète de savoir comment sera organisée la concertation avec la famille .

On the other hand, I am worried about how the consultation with the family will be organized.