"Mary does not know you."

Translation: Maria nu te cunoaște pe tine.

[PaulMinden]

They are giving "Maria nu vă știe." as a correct translation. Am I wrong in thinking that 'stie' is for facts and such, while 'cunoaste' is for people? Essentially this is conocer vs saber, connaitre vs savoir, cognoscere vs sapere, right?

[razvan.marin]

We use it for people too!

• O știi pe Maria?

We also use it for recalling using this syntax:

• Mai știi ce-am făcut în ziua aia?

[PaulMinden]

thank you! I'm just remembering another weird thing about a stii, which my father taught me: in the imperfect, it can mean to believe, while in the present it means to know: acuma stiu ca limba romana este o limba romanica, ieri stiam ca era (este?) o limba slavica. Is that right, or am I remembering that incorrectly?

[razvan.marin]

I think that we use it to sincerely say that's what we knew at the time. Of course it was only a belief, but so might be what know now. I'd rather translate it as yesterday I thought I knew.