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Je sais m'orienter pour trouver le bon itinéraire.

Je sais m'orienter pour trouver le bon itinéraire.
I know how to orient myself to find the right route.
From Lesson 88:Knowing facts vs. familiarity (savoir, connaître)·French

Questions & Answers about Je sais m'orienter pour trouver le bon itinéraire.

Why do we use savoir here instead of connaître?
We use savoir because it is followed by an infinitive verb (m'orienter) to mean "knowing how" to do something. You use connaître when you are familiar with a noun, like a person, place, or thing.
I thought the infinitive was s'orienter. Why does it change to m'orienter here?
Even though the verb is in the infinitive form, the reflexive pronoun still has to match the person doing the action. Because the subject is Je, the pronoun changes to me (which drops the "e" to become m' before a vowel).
Why is the word pour used before trouver?
In French, when you want to say "in order to" do something, you use pour followed by an infinitive verb. So, pour trouver means "in order to find."
Doesn't bon usually mean "good"? Why is it translated as "right"?
Yes, bon means "good," but it is also commonly used to mean "right" or "correct" when you are talking about picking the correct option out of several choices, like le bon itinéraire (the right route) or la bonne réponse (the right answer).

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