savais

In a sentence

• Je savais qu'il viendrait.

  I knew he would come.

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

• Tu savais comment résoudre ce problème.

  You knew how to solve this problem.

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

• Il ne savais pas que tu étais là.

  He didn't know that you were here.

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