Connaître meaning

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The question: Conjugate connaître (to meet) in the passé composé.The answer: I met Leila at University = J'ai connu Leila à la fac.I thought connaître meant "to know" ? I can't find any references to it meaning "to meet".

Accepted Answer

Hi G,
'Connaître' can mean, to know from somewhere, in other words, that's where you met.
Hope this helps!

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Thanks, just what I need...another verb for "to meet". ;-)

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Well, connaître does not strictly mean "to meet".Je la connais au travail. -- I know her from work. Yes, that implies that you met her at work but the translation with "to meet" seems a bit loose to me. You cannot use it in the sense of "Let's meet!".

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It can mean to meet someone for the first time. Particularly when it's in the passé composé it is very often translated as "met".