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Savoir (to know/to know how to do something) - Passé Composé

LESSON OBJECTIVES

• To learn to conjugate the verb savoir (to know/to know how to do something) in the past tense or passé composé.

INTRODUCTION

• Savoir is a 3rd group verb.
• The past participle is su.
• It is conjugated with the auxiliary avoir in the passé composé.

SAVOIR

PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

• j'ai su (I knew/I have known)
• tu as su (you knew/you have known) - informal
• il a su (he knew/he has known)
• elle a su (she knew/she has known)
• on a su (we knew/we have known) - informal
• nous avons su (we knew/we have known)
• vous avez su (you knew/you have known) - formal or plural
• ils ont su (they knew/they have known) - masculine or mixed masculine/feminine
• elles ont su (they knew/they have known) - feminine plural

EXAMPLES

• George a su comment faire un gâteau au chocolat.
  George knew how to make a chocolate cake.
• Ils ont su chanter et danser après deux mois de leçons.
  They knew how to sing and dance after two months of lessons.
• Nous avons su où aller.
  We knew where to go.