What's the difference between savoir and connaître? for example:
- je sais la mer Méditerranée vs je connais la mer Méditerranée
- je ne sais pas la réponse vs je ne connais pas la réponse.
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Sign up to join this community"Savoir" means a deeper knowledge than "connaître". I.e. you cannot say "Je sais la mer Méditerranée".
Je connais ce poème = I have heard about this poem,
Je sais ce poème = I know the text by heart