6whitevenus

[polar grove]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[gilded turret]

It works like other uses of connaître: when it's knowing of more than knowing that.

Je connais la France. J'en ai entendu parler.
I know (of) France. I've heard it being spoken about.

Je sais que la France est un pays d'Europe.
I know that France is a country in Europe.

[molten sable]

"je connaîs la france" would be taken more metaphorically, as in "je connaîs la france (et par extension les français, la cuisine française, la culture, l'architecture, la géographie...)"

[cosmic compass]

Don't overthink it:
Connaître + direct object
Savoir + subordinate clause or infinitive clause