1. the verbs to know

2. Wiederholung What does kennen mean? –to know (be familiar with) What kind of verb is it? –Regular –ichkennewirkennen –dukennstihrkennt –er/es/siekenntsie/Siekennen

3. There are two verbs meaning to know kennen and wissen While kennen is regular. Wissen is irregular and works like a modal verb –The ich, and the er/sie/es forms are THE SAME! –ichweißwirwissen –duweißtihrwisst –er/sie/esweißsie/Siewissen

4. Whats the difference? Kennen is used for people and general knowledge (familiar with) –I know Ashley. –I know the store. –I know the school. Wissen is used when you know a fact, without a doubt! It will usually be followed with a clause. –I know how old Ashley is. –I know where the store is. –I know where the school is.

5. Practice with wissen. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of wissen. Ich _________, wo das Kaufhaus liegt. ________ du, wieviel Schüler es gibt? Joe _______, um wie viel Uhr die Schule beginnt. _______ ihr, wann sie vorbeikommen werden? ________ Sie Herr Williams, wo ich wohne? Du _________, wir wohnen in der Stadt. Dakota ________, wo dieses Buch ist.

6. Kennen or Wissen? Would you use kennen or wissen to say the following sentences in German? I know Frau Kings birthday. –wissen I know Brent. –kennen I know when school starts. –wissen I know how many students there are in my class. –wissen I know some of the students in my class. –kennen

7. Kennen vs. Wissen cont. I know what theyre doing tomorrow. –wissen I know Ilayda very well. –kennen He knows how old I am. –wissen They know where Brianna is. –wissen Do yall know what time theyre coming over? –wissen Do we know the teacher? –kennen

8. Üben Im Buch auf Seite 210 Ü14 14 – Decide whether the statement calls for the use of kennen or wissen. Then conjugate the verb correctly.