"我们不认识路。"
Translation:We don't know the way.
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I don't think this is at all a reference to that meme. Correct me, duolingo staff, if I am wrong.
nah but it's a big coincidence lol
believe this course came out... march 2017? a short distance behind ugandan knuckles' genesis
why use 认识 instead of 知道 here? would it be nonsensical or have a different meaning to say "我们不知道路“？
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It seems to be similar to the difference between "conocer" and "saber" in Spanish, if that helps.
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It's easy, my friend:
Conocer (认识) = Being familiar with a person or a place.
Saber (知道) = Related to the knowledge of a fact or information, also to have the ability to do things.
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It still seems like 知道 would make more sense in this instance, but maybe duolingo just doesn't want to teach that many words at once or something. Atleast I can understand their reason a little better because of you post. Thanks!
认识 feels like knowing as in familiarity, recognising. 知道 feels like it is for knowing as in facts and how-to's. I may not 认识 the way, but I 知道 how to find it.
认识 is similar to "to be familiar with, or aware of" compared to 知道 which is more like "to have tangible knowledge of/understanding". For example, you use 认识 when asking "Do you know ___?", because you do not have an understanding of them conceptually, rather you are familiar with them because you've met them before. Compare this to when you ask about a math question. You would ask "Do you know the answer? (知道 ). It's a black and white scenario with a more concrete meaning.
I realize that is kind of a difficult concept, and it doesn't exactly apply to "being familiar with the way" vs "knowing the way to ___", but it's the closest translation to English I can provide based on how Chinese people explained it to me.
I thought 认识 is only used for “knowing someone／a person”。So this confused me。
As in Spanish, there are differences between 'Saber'(知道) and 'Conocer' (认识）which in English there is only one word (know) to those words in Chinese and Spanish. Saber(知道) = knowing about a topic, something, a situation. Conocer(认识) = knowing about someone, a place, location. Ex: 1- ¿Sabes preparar arroz? / 你知道怎么做米饭吗? = Do you know how to make rice? 1.- ¿Conoces a su familia? / 你认识他们的家人吗? = Do you know their family? You just have to know how to differentiate those words with practice. It simply depends on the context
after all the practice so far I feel a little bit more confident. Lets see how long I can keep is up
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So far we have learned two different verbs to know, this one and zhi1dao4.what is the difference?
