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Translation

to know; to be acquainted with

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Examples

?

Do you know that woman?

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I know the town well.

, , .

I know where he lives, but I do not know him.

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They have known each other for many years.

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His name is known throughout the world.

is to be acquainted with a person, a place or a piece of music; is to know a fact. English collapses the two and speakers of English get it wrong for months, so the third example is worth memorising whole. always has an object, so the -n is always there. is well known, is to recognise with -, and i is to make known with --.

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Word family

Words built on koni with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • to make widely known; to publicise

    dis-koni-ig-

  • ekkoniverb

    to come to know, to get to know; to discern

    ek-koni: to start knowing

  • konatonoun

    acquaintance

    koni-at-

  • rekoniverb

    to recognise

    re-koni

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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 9: koni, tra, mondo and 6 more words.