Usage examples of "connaissait" in French with translation to English

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Elle connaissait déjà cette histoire. She knew the story already.
Macha ne connaissait pas ses parents. Masha didn't know her parents.
Tom ne connaissait pas leurs noms. Tom did not know their names.
Au village, tout le monde le connaissait. Everybody in the village knew him.
Il parle comme s'il connaissait tout. He talks as if he knew everything.
Tout le monde le connaissait au village. He was known to everybody in the village.
Il semblerait que personne ne connaissait la vérité. It seems that no one knew the truth.
On dirait que personne ne connaissait la vérité. It seems that no one knew the truth.
Je lui demandai s'il connaissait mon nom. I asked him if he knew my name.
Il parle toujours comme s'il connaissait tout. He always talks as if he knows everything.
Il parle comme s'il connaissait ce secret. He talks as if he knew the secret.
Il parle comme s'il connaissait le secret. He talks as if he knew the secret.
Je lui demandai s'il connaissait son adresse. I asked him if he knew her address.
Il parle comme s'il connaissait le criminel. He speaks as if he knew the criminal.
Je lui ai demandé s'il connaissait mon nom. I asked him if he knew my name.
En quelques heures, le monde entier connaissait la nouvelle. Within hours, the world knew the news.
Elle le traita de tous les noms qu'elle connaissait. She called him every bad name she knew.
Il se peut qu'il ne connaissait pas la formule. He may not have known the formula.
Elle lui a demandé s'il connaissait mon numéro de téléphone. She asked him if he knew my telephone number.
Elle l'a traité de tous les noms qu'elle connaissait. She called him every bad name she knew.
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