"I know everything."

Translation:Ich weiß alles.

March 30, 2013

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/kasra

Why is "Ich kenne alles" not accepted?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/nomenclature

I said "Ich kenne alles" and it was marked as correct. It must have been fixed.

To people more knowledgeable than I am; is it preferable to use 'weiß' over 'kenne'?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/niceliz

There's a difference in meaning between "wissen" and "kennen" even though they can both be translated as "to know." "Wissen" means to know a fact, like "Ich weiß, wie alt er ist" - "I know how old he is." The age is a fact that I happen to know. "Kennen" is means something more like "to be familiar with." You would use this when talking about knowing a person, z.B. "Ich kenne dich" - "I know you." But you would also use it to ask something like "Kennst du den Film?" - "Do you know the film?/Are you familiar with the film?"


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/GeoMan2

Warum ist "ich weiß" und nicht " ich weiße"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/NikolasV

What's the difference between "wissen" and "weißen"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/niceliz

"Wissen" is the infinitive of the verb "to know" and its conjugation is irregular. It conjugates like this: ich weiß, du weißt, er/sie/es weiß, wir wissen, ihr wisst, sie/Sie wissen. "Weißen" is a completely different verb which means "to whiten" or "to whitewash" and just looks like some of the conjugations of "wissen."


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LiamHuber

Is "Alles kennt mir" also appropriate?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/FisherLiz

Doesn't this mean something like "Everything knows me?" A native speaker would explain better than I can how to make it into "Everything is known to me". . .


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ben.juster

Not a native speaker here, but I think that would be "Alles ist mir bekannt"


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/FisherLiz

Would it be wrong to put "Alles weiss ich"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/baylonious

Could you say weiß ich Alles? I'm told to say weiß ich nicht all the time instead of ich weiß nicht.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/trung.n.thu

Can it be: ich kenne jeden

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