"나는 저 가수를 잘 압니다."
Translation:I know that singer well.
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Is 저 the right word? I thought that was a self referencing word, not someone else.
:D Correct... but there are also words for this, that. 이 딸기. This strawberry here. 저 딸기. That strawberry over there.
Yeah, it's context. In "저는 사람입니다" the word 저 means "I", but in "저 개가 귀여워" the word 저 means "that over there."
압니다 is the formal conjugation of the verb 알다 (to know). Because the verb stem ends in the consonant ㄹ, and this verb follows the ㄹ irregular rule, you remove the ㄹ and conjugate it as if there was no 받침 (final consonant).
E.g. 알다 --> 알 --> 아 아 + ㅂ니다 --> 압니다
다 is the formal conjugation of the verb 알다 (to know). Because the verb stem ends in the consonant ㄹ, and this verb follows the ㄹ irregular rule, you remove the ㄹ and conjugate it as if there was no 받침 (final consonant).
E.g. 알다 --> 알 --> 아 아 + ㅂ니다 --> 압니다
I don't know of a word that takes the form 알압니다, from my knowledge I don't think that 알아다 is a word but I could be wrong. Hopefully someone can correct me :)
I think 압니다 is more formal than 알아. As far as I know, 알아 is the most casual form and 알아요 would be kinda in between. Hope this helps!
Why is both 나는 and 저 used? I translate it like. Regarding me I know the singer well. But why not just say i know the singer well. Why are both used?
In this case, 저 means "that" to describe which singer (저 가수를=that singer). So 나는 (I) 저 가수를 (that singer) 잘 압니다 (know well)