conèixer
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin conōscere, variant of Latin cognōscere. Attested from the twelfth century.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern) [kuˈne̞.ʃə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [koˈnə.ʃə]
- IPA(key): (Central) [kuˈnɛ.ʃə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [koˈnej.ʃeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Northwestern) [koˈnej.ʃe]
Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʃe(ɾ)
Verb
[edit]conèixer (first-person singular present conec, first-person singular preterite coneguí, past participle conegut); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/
- to know (a person, a place, etc.)
- Conec un bon restaurant italià. ― I know of a good Italian restaurant.
- Havent viscut a Tokyo, conec bé la ciutat. ― Having lived in Tokyo, I know the city well.
- to get to know
- to recognise
Usage notes
[edit]- Used differently from saber. Conèixer has a meaning closer to "be familiar/acquainted with", while saber is closer to "know facts or information".
- In its distinction with saber, equivalent to Spanish conocer, French connaître, Portuguese conhecer, Italian conoscere, Romanian cunoaște. The equivalents of saber in those languages are Spanish saber, French savoir, Portuguese saber, Italian sapere, Romanian ști.
Conjugation
[edit] Central Catalan conjugation of conèixer (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “conèixer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Further reading
[edit]- “conèixer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “conèixer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “conèixer”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
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