Learn Polish - I know that and the breakdown

Now we know 'I know'/'you know' we can easily add the commonly used 'I know that' to our Polish

In a previous lesson we learnt 'Myślę, że' so we know that 'that' is 'że'. We just need to replace 'Myślę' with 'Wiem' to get 'I know that ...' to think out the following:

I know that you know -
You know that I know -
Do you know that I know? -

With 'Myślę, że' we saw that the comma after 'Myślę' is important in written Polish. This is also true for 'wiem, że' / 'wiesz, że'

I know that I have a problem - Wiem, że mam problem

From what you know already you should also be able to make these sentences without learning anything new:

I know that it is a skandal -
I know that you have time -
Do you know that I like camping? -
Do you know that I have a house? -
Do you know that you have a problem? -

The great breakdown

We're going to start making longer and longer sentences. One mistake language learners make when doing this is to try thinking out the whole sentence before saying it or writing it.

It's much easier to mentally break the sentence down into parts, say or write the part, and then move on to the next bit. For example:

I know that you think that it is a problem but I don't think so

Break this down into the parts you know and then say or write each part like this:

I know that - Wiem, że
you think that - myślisz, że
it is a problem - to jest problem
but - ale
I don't think so - myślę, że nie

Heads up!

There is a second verb which also means 'I know'/'you know' - 'znam'/'znasz'

More literally this means 'I am familiar with' but it is widely used in Polish. The difference is:

Wiem - I know for a fact / with a lot of certainty - e.g. 'Wiem co to jest'
Znam - I know something / most things about the topic - e.g. 'Znam problem' (I'm familiar with the problem)

We'll come to 'znam'/'znasz' later in the course. For now just be aware it exists as people might correct you. However in spoken and written Polish you can just use 'wiem'/'wiesz' for now and everyone will understand you.

I know or you know?

Repeat this exercise from the last lesson as a refresher. Click and drag these Polish sentences into their correct boxes

Drag and drop all the dark blue boxes to their correct locations

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Think out the Polish

Practice using 'I lknow that' and 'you know that' in these sentences

(Answers are case sensitive!)

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I know that you know	q2\|Wiem, że wiesz

You know that I know	q2\|Wiesz, że wiem

Do you know that I know?	q2\|Czy wiesz, że wiem?

I know that I have a problem	q2\|Wiem, że mam problem

Do you know that you have a problem	q2\|Czy wiesz, że masz problem?

I know that it is a skandal	q2\|Wiem, że to jest skandal

I know that you have time	q2\|Wiem, że masz czas

Do you know that I like camping?	q2\|Czy wiesz, że lubię kemping?

Do you know that I have a house?	q2\|Czy wiesz, że mam dom?