Vocabulaire du sport

The 2024 Paris Olympics will introduce 4 new disciplines: surfing, sport climbing, breakdancing, and skateboarding.

Let’s take this opportunity to brush up on your sports vocabulary. You’ll then be ready to watch the games live and in French this summer.

Connaître ou savoir ?

We have two verbs to express knowledge : “connaître” and “savoir”.

On a semantic level, ‘connaître’ entails having awareness of the existence of something, being able to identify it, and regarding it as real; whereas ‘savoir’ involves possessing a comprehensive understanding of something derived from learning, encompassing a collection of ideas and images constituting knowledge about the subject matter.