>>>"Je ne comprends pas vraiment le français. Je sais simplement quelques expressions."
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>>>>"Je ne comprends pas vraiment de français. Je sais simplement quelques expressions."
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>>Not trying to teach my grandmother to suck eggs, and assuming you're a francophone, as i understand it wouldn't it be "...Je connais simplement quelques expressions."?
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>>Savoir is to know a fact, whereas connaitre is to know a thing: person, phrase, city, etc.
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>>eg "je sais que tu parts demain" vs "je connais votre destination" ???
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>When I have an on-line Voice Engine to pronouce the phrase you suggested I hear sound of "s" somewhere between "connais" and "simplement". Is it the "s" in the word "connais" or the first "s" in the "simplement"?

As the rule in french, you don't pronounce a terminal consonant unless it's followed by a vowel.

So you should hear "Zhe conneh saamplmahn"

But "I know Achiles" would be "Zhe connehss Asheel"