Breakdown of Je sais qu'il va démissionner.
je
I
il
he
aller
to go
savoir
to know (a fact), to know how to
que
that (introducing a clause)
démissionner
to resign
Questions & Answers about Je sais qu'il va démissionner.
Why is it written as qu'il instead of que il?
In French, the conjunction que must drop its e and add an apostrophe when the following word starts with a vowel or a silent h. Since il starts with an i, que il must become qu'il.
Can I leave out qu' like we do in English and just say "Je sais il va démissionner"?
Why do we use savoir (Je sais) here instead of connaître? Don't they both mean "to know"?
They do, but they are used in different situations. You use savoir for knowing facts, knowing how to do something, or whenever a phrase is introduced by que (that). You use connaître for being familiar with a person, place, or thing (like "I know Paris"). Because we are stating a fact connected by que, savoir is the only correct choice here.
What tense is va démissionner?
This is the near future tense, which you use to say what is going to happen. Just like in English, it is made by combining the present tense of the verb aller (to go) with the infinitive (unconjugated) form of the action verb. Here, il va (he is going) + démissionner (to resign).
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