savais

savais

"Savais" means "knew" (imperfect tense of "savoir," to know).

Here, 'savais' (knew) is used in the imperfect tense to indicate a past ongoing state of knowing or believing something.

Je savais qu'il viendrait.

I knew he would come.

In this sentence, 'savais' demonstrates recognition or understanding in the past tense, showing acquired knowledge.

Tu savais comment résoudre ce problème.

You knew how to solve this problem.

Here, 'savais' is used negatively to indicate a lack of knowledge in the imperfect past tense.

Il ne savais pas que tu étais là.

He didn't know that you were here.