"Każdy człowiek umie liczyć."
Translation:Each person knows how to count.
May 20, 2016
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Triple777er
1982
Is the difference between mogę and umie the fact that mogę is "I can" whereas umie is "can" in general?
"mogę" is 1st person singular (as you wrote), so perhaps it makes more sense to focus on 3rd person singular "może" here.
"może" would either mean that he/she/it is allowed to, or at least 'able to' do it.
"umie" means that he/she/it 'knows how to do' something, possesses the knowledge and skills. Like "Mój syn ma pięć lat i już umie czytać" = My son is five and he already [knows how to/can] read.
BenYoung84
127
In English if you don't have "how" between "know" and another verb the meaning is not at all clear, how makes sure that the sentence is understandable. But other languages don't seem to do this.