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[sour scaffold]

you can do both and they mean two different thkngs

[woven rover]

As in?

[sour scaffold]

in english you always need the how to connect the two verbs, but in french savoir can just directly take the infinitive

so you say je sais nager

[woven rover]

Yeah

[sour scaffold]

or je sais parler français

but just like you can say je ne said pas quoi faire

you can also you comment

[woven rover]

Okay, the thing I'm confused about is on lawless and in my classes we were always taught not to use comment. And you said you can use both but they mean different things? So what's the difference, for example, between 'Je ne sais pas faire' and 'Je ne sais pas comment faire'

[sour scaffold]

when what you know if the verb, don’t use comment

[kindred sphinx]

• Je sais pas comment faire = I don't know how to do it

• Je sais pas comment expliquer = I don't know how to explain

• Je sais faire du feu = I can make a fire

• Je sais conduire = I can drive/swim/etc

[woven rover]

I'm still confused. I know what those sentences mean but I don't know when you're supposed to use comment and when not

Is it just a rule of certain verbs you use comment and certain not?

[languid kayak]

with comment is emphasis on how - the way that you do it
without comment is a matter of whether or not you have the capabilities to do the thing

"je sais nager" = I know how to swim, I can swim, I have the capabilities to swim
"je sais comment nager" = I know how I should swim, the way to swim in this situation

[woven rover]

Thank you very much