kunna

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse kunna, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰʊnːa/ Rhymes: -ʊnːa === Verb === kunna (third person singular past indicative kundi, third person plural past indicative kundu, supine kunnað) can, to be able to to know ==== Conjugation ==== == Ghomara == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Berber. === Pronunciation === (Iɛraben) IPA(key): [kʊnːɛ] === Pronoun === kunna pl you (second-person plural free pronoun) ==== See also ==== === References === Mourigh, Khalid (2015) A Grammar of Ghomara Berber (Thesis)‎[1], Leiden == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse kunna, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʰʏnːa/ Rhymes: -ʏnːa === Verb === kunna (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative kann, third-person singular past indicative kunni, supine kunnað) to know (by heart), know a skill can: to know how to may, might (denoting possibility) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== kunnur == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === kunne koinn, koinnj (Trøndelag eye dialect spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse kunna, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. Akin to English can. === Verb === kunna (present tense kan, past tense kunne, past participle kunna) can, could might can (be able to) to know === References === “kunna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Frisian == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *kunnan. === Verb === kunna to be able (to), can ==== Descendants ==== North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: kön Hallig: kune Helgoland: kan Mooring: koone Sylt: ken Saterland Frisian: konne West Frisian: kinne == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *kunnaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). === Verb === kunna to know, understand, be able to to know (by memory) to know, be familiar with (a person) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== kenna kná kœnn ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kunna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse kunna, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną. === Verb === kunna can, to be able to know ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: kunna == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish kunna, from Old Norse kunna, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²kɵnːa/ === Verb === kunna (present kan, preterite kunde, supine kunnat) "to can", to be able to to know (have proficiency in or deeper knowledge of) to possibly be able to, can, could, might, may to be given permission to, "to can", "to may" ==== Usage notes ==== The English verb know has several different translations in Swedish, and the correct choice is not always obvious: veta – This is used mainly about theoretical knowledge (to know individual facts), while kunna also assumes ability, or even proficiency in the use of the knowledge. veta om – To be aware of. känna – To know about a person or their intentions (also: to recognize someone, to know someone's name). känna till – About knowing a (small) specific piece of fact; be (loosely) aware of. May indicate that the facts are a bit distant or less important to the person. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== skulle kunna (a common construction, used like "could; might") ==== See also ==== skulle (often appears together with kunna, for example in polite phrases) === References === “kunna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “kunna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “kunna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === unkna