Meaning of знаваць | Babel Free

Definitions

to experience, to know, to undergo (to live through something that may alter one or contribute to one's knowledge, opinions, or skills)

dated, transitive

Examples

“Пілі бацькі і дзяды, І мы ступім ў іх сьляды: Яны гора не знавалі, Гарэлку добра сьцябалі.”

Both our parents and grandfathers drank, And we'll follow their footsteps: They knew no sorrow, Quaffing vodka with relish.

“Хто сіратою не бываў, той і ліха не знаваў.”

The one who hasn't been an orphan, has never experienced true hardship.

CEFR level