Kennen vs Wissen

Question 1

Kennen:

Answer 1

Talking about knowing a person, place, object, or having familiarity with something or someone. Often followed by a noun or a pronoun.

Question 2

I know this man.

Answer 2

Ich kenne diesen Mann.

Question 3

Do you know a good German teacher?

Answer 3

Kennst du einen guten Deutschlehrer?

Question 4

Do you know Samantha?

Answer 4

Kennst du Samantha?

Question 5

I know a good Indian restaurant in Berlin.

Answer 5

Ich kenne ein gutes indisches Restaurant in Berlin.

Question 6

How well do you know Berlin? (Berlin)

Answer 6

Wie gut Kennen Sie Berlin?

Question 7

I knew him.

Answer 7

Ich kannte ihn (Präteritum).
Ich habe ihn gekannt (Perfekt).

Question 8

Wissen:

Answer 8

The easy way to remember how to use wissen is that it is usually followed by a subordinate clause with a conjunction, so it looks something like: I know that…/I don’t know that…/I don’t know if…/I know where…/Do you know that…?

Wissen is also used in a short phrase “I know/I don’t know” and with the words das, viel, etwas, nichts, alles, genug.