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Whether to use the reflexive “s’y connaître en” or the non-reflexive “y connaître en”

The reflexive form you are looking for is:

Je ne m’y connais pas en menuiserie. { reflexive }

But this sentence is longer than:

Je n’y connais rien en menuiserie. { non-reflexive }

That’s why we prefer the non-reflexive way, I guess.

You cannot use the reflexive construction when connaitre has a direct object:

  • Je n’y connais rien / pas grand chose/ que dalle en menuiserie.

  • Qu‘est-ce que tu y connais ?

With the reflexive construction there’s no direct object:

  • Il s’y connait en menuiserie.
  • Je m’y connais beaucoup en menuiserie.
  • Tu ne t’y connais pas du tout en menuiserie.
  • Est-ce que tu t’y connais (en menuiserie) ?

 

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What is the capital of Tunisia?