Learn French: Je connais cette indépendance : je reste connecté partout. - I know this independence: I stay connected everywhere.

Je connais cette indépendance : je reste connecté partout.

I know this independence: I stay connected everywhere.

Breakdown of Je connais cette indépendance : je reste connecté partout.

to know (be familiar with)

Questions & Answers about Je connais cette indépendance : je reste connecté partout.

This lesson is about où que (wherever). How could I rewrite the end of this sentence to say "wherever I am"?

You could say où que je sois. The phrase où que (wherever) always triggers the subjunctive mood, so you must use the subjunctive form of être, which is sois. The rewritten half would be: je reste connecté où que je sois.

Why is connais used here instead of sais for "I know"?

As a general rule, connaître is used when you "know" or are familiar with a noun—whether that is a person, a place, or an abstract concept like cette indépendance. Savoir is reserved for knowing facts, knowing how to do something, or introducing a clause (like savoir que...).

Does connecté need to agree with the subject je?

Yes. After verbs of state like rester (to stay/remain), the past participle acts as an adjective and must agree in gender and number with the subject. Here, it is spelled without an extra -e because the speaker is assumed to be male. If a woman were speaking, she would write je reste connectée.

Why is there a space before the colon?

In French typography, two-part punctuation marks (the colon, semicolon, exclamation mark, and question mark) require a space before them. While it looks like a typo in English, it is mandatory when writing in French.