le savait

knew it

→ le
phrase Uncommon #11,865
knew it The pronoun le means “it” or “that” here, referring to something already mentioned or understood from context.
FR: Je pensais qu’elle le savait.
EN: I thought she knew it.

Tout le monde le savait.

Everyone knew it.

— Manon des sources (1986)

Qui le savait?

Who knew?

Mais on le savait déjà.

But we already knew that.

— Il est de retour (2015)

Ça, on le savait déjà, non?

We already knew that, didn't we?

— Aquarius (2016)

Elle ne le savait pas.

She didn't know.

Mais il ne le savait pas.

But he didn't know it.

— Le Frère 2 (2000)

Tom le savait déjà.

Tom already knew that.

Ton père te tuerait s'il le savait!

Your father would kill you if he knew!

— Le Maître d'armes (2006)

Le vieux, il le savait.

The old man knew it.

— Le Bateau (1981)

Elle le savait grâce à son sixième sens.

She knew it thanks to her sixth sense.

Et il le savait.

And he knew it.

Ton fils le savait?

Did your son know that?

— Tout sur ma mère (1999)

Tom le savait.

Tom knew it.

Max le savait, et aussi qu'il n'était pas le père.

Max knew it, and that he wasn't the father.

— Rebecca (1940)

On le savait déjà.

We already knew that.

Il était très instruit, mais il ne le savait pas.

He was very well-educated, but he didn’t know it.

Quelqu'un d'autre le savait?

Did anyone else know?

Il ne le savait pas.

He didn’t know it.

Le monde entier le savait.

The whole world knew it.

— Tron : Ares (2025)

Elle le savait.

She knew it.

— La Femme de ménage (2025)

Quelqu'un le savait et nous faisait chanter.

Someone knew about it and was blackmailing us.

— L'Accusé (2017)

Il le savait depuis le départ.

He knew it from the start.

Personne ne le savait.

Nobody knew.

— L'Orphelinat (2007)

S'il le savait, il nous l'aurait dit.

If he had known, he would have told us.

Oui, on le savait.

Yes, we knew that.

— Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (2001)

Il avait des connaissances scientifiques mais il ne le savait même pas.

He had scientific knowledge, but he didn't even know it.

Et Plume le savait depuis le début.

And Plume knew it from the beginning.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Ton père le savait.

Your father knew it.

— Indiana Jones et la dernière croisade (1989)

On le savait.

We knew it.

Il le savait.

He knew it.

— Le Bateau (1981)

Je croyais que tout le monde le savait.

I thought everyone knew that.

Ma fille le savait.

My daughter knew it.

— Interstellar (2014)

Mon père le savait-il?

Did my father know?

— Dune : Deuxième partie (2024)