To have knowledge of → konnen
To be familiar with → Konnen
To know → Konnen
'konnen' is also contracted as 'konn'.
Konnen and konn means the same thing: to know.
Example:
1. M konnen kibò ou prale.
I know where you're going.
2. Li konnen mwen trè byen.
She knows me very well.
3. M pa konn misye sa.
I don't know this man.
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To know how to, to be able to → konnen, konn
Example:
1. Li konn pale Angle.
He knows how to speak English.
2. M pa konn danse.
I don't know how to dance.
3. Eske ou konn naje?
Do you know how to swim?
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to be used to, routinely, habitually → konnen, konn
Example:
1. Li konn pale avè m.
She routinely speaks to me.
2. M konn wè li chak maten.
I usually see him every morning.
3. Li konn peye m chak vandredi.
He usually pays me every Friday.
4. M konn fè $40/jou.
I usually make $40/day.
5. Eske ou konn manje lakay li?
Do you sometimes eat at her house?
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