Breakdown of Je ne suis pas un touriste, je connais toutes les stations à Paris.
je
I
être
to be
un
a / an (masculine)
ne
not (used before the verb)
pas
not (used after the verb)
à
at / to / in (general locations) / about (what one thinks about / reacts to)
Paris
Paris
le
him, it (masculine direct object pronoun)
tout
all, everything
connaître
to know (be familiar with)
le touriste
the tourist
la station
the station (e.g., metro)
Questions & Answers about Je ne suis pas un touriste, je connais toutes les stations à Paris.
Why is connaître used here instead of savoir?
In French, connaître is used when you are familiar with a person, place, or thing. Because the speaker is talking about being familiar with places (les stations), we use a form of connaître. You would use savoir for knowing a fact, like knowing where a specific station is (Je sais où est la station).
Why is the word for "all" spelled toutes here?
Why is it à Paris and not dans Paris or en Paris?
To say "in" or "to" a specific city, French almost always uses the preposition à. You use en for feminine countries (en France) and dans when you are physically inside a 3D object or a specific enclosed space.
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