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Re: [Ladekwa] kennen vs. wissen

In a message dated 11/30/2005 4:06:14 PM Central Standard Time, geoff.hacker@hidden.email writes:


First, it's "kennen", not "können". "Kennen" means "to be acquainted with" and "können" means "to be able to"--in other words, it's the German equivalent of "can", and it can also be used to mean "to have (a skill)" as in "Ich kann Deutsch."


Oops.  Of course.

stevo