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Re: Weekly Vocab 6: to know

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Friday, May 9, 2003, 15:41
>zu kennen "know a person" >zu ko¨nnen "know how to do something, as in can, could" >zu wissen "know a fact"
I listed the same German verbs yesterday, and was immediately shot down because _koennen_ is "modal" only, whether or not the associated verb is spoken or intuited. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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