le connaître

to know him

→ le

phrase Very common #1,615

to know him Le is a direct-object pronoun and can refer to a masculine person or thing. It comes before connaître and its conjugated forms.

FR: Je voudrais le connaître mieux.

EN: I would like to know him better.

Elle devait le connaître.

She must have known him.

— The Dark Knight : Le Chevalier noir (2008)

Les Anglais ont prétendu ne pas le connaître.

The English claimed not to know him.

Vous pensez le connaître, mais c'est surtout du mythe.

You think you know him, but he’s mostly a myth.

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Je préfèrerais ne pas le connaître.

I’d rather not know it.

Vous disiez le connaître.

You said you knew him.

— L'Empire contre-attaque (1980)

Je suis sûr de le connaître.

I'm sure I know him.

J'aimerais mieux le connaître.

I’d like to get to know him better.

Ils prétendent ne pas le connaître.

They claim they don't know him.

— Caché (2005)

Tu as l'air de bien le connaître.

You seem to know him well.

Ne devais-je pas le connaître ?

Wasn't I supposed to know him?

— Oppenheimer (2023)

J'aurais aimé le connaître.

I wish I had known him.

Faut juste le connaître.

You just have to know him.

— Les Choristes (2004)

Il me semble le connaître.

I think I know him.

Vous allez apprendre à le connaître.

You’re going to get to know him.

— Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)

Est-ce que je dois le connaître ?

Do I need to know him?

J'ai rencontré une dizaine de ses ex, alors j'ai l'impression de le connaître.

I've met about ten of his exes, so I feel like I know him.

— Decision to Leave (2022)

C'est mal le connaître !

You don't know him very well!

— 2046 (2004)

J'aurais voulu le connaître.

I would have liked to know him.

— La Guerre des étoiles (1977)

Vous m'avez affirmé le connaître depuis le début de la guerre.

You told me you'd known him since the beginning of the war.

— Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)

Pas du tout, et je ne tiens pas à le connaître.

Not at all, and I have no desire to know him.

— Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)

Vous devez le connaître.

You must know him.