Savoir or connaître
CEFR A2 · part 1
edumaterial's parts within the level. The European framework does not subdivide them.
le, la, les or lui, leurDeciding whether the verb takes a direct or an indirect object, and placing the pronoun…The pronouns en and yReplacing de + something with en, and à + place or thing with y.Imparfait or passé composéChoosing the tense by what it does: setting the scene, or moving the story forward.French false friendsSpotting words that look like yours but mean something else, and using the right one…The imperative and its pronounsForming the imperative in its three persons, placing the pronoun after in the…The verbs that are not -er verbsConjugating in the present the -ir verbs with -iss- and the frequent irregulars…The rule, in three lines
Savoir: a fact, a que clause, or knowing how to do something — je sais la réponse, je sais qu'il vient, je sais nager. Connaître: a person, a place or a work. And connaître never takes que.
The usual slip. Putting connaître before a clause: «je connais qu'il est là». With que it is always savoir.
Why it catches you out. English has ONE word for both: know. So nothing in your sentence tells you which French verb to pick, and you have to decide from what follows — a person or a place, or a fact.