колку што знам

As Far as I Know

Level 5Sounds Like kolku što znam

Колку што знам = as far as I know: Колку што знам, тој е во Скопје. (As far as I know, he is in Skopje.) Колку што можам = as much as I can.

How It Works

Limiting what you claim. Put the phrase at the start and follow it with a comma:

  • Колку што знам, продавницата е затворена во недела. (As far as I know, the shop is closed on Sunday.)
  • Колку што се сеќавам, тоа беше во мај. (As far as I remember, it was in May.)
  • Колку што гледам, сите се тука. (As far as I can see, everyone is here.)

A more formal version is колку што ми е познато (to my knowledge).

An amount. After the main clause, колку што means "as much as": Помагам колку што можам. (I help as much as I can.) Земи колку што сакаш. (Take as much as you want.)

The person. The verb shows whose knowledge it is: колку што знам (as far as I know), колку што знаеме (as far as we know), колку што таа знае (as far as she knows).

Related patterns. To say "as ... as possible", Macedonian uses што with a comparative: што побрзо (as fast as possible). Колку ... толку links two changing amounts. To show even more doubt about a claim, use наводно, изгледа or се чини.

Examples (6)

  1. Колку што знам, тој е во Скопје.

    As far as I know, he is in Skopje.

    Word by Word: How-much that know-I, he is in Skopje.

  2. Колку што се сеќавам, тоа беше во мај.

    As far as I remember, it was in May.

    Word by Word: How-much that self remember-I, that was in May.

  3. Колку што гледам, сите се тука.

    As far as I can see, everyone is here.

    Word by Word: How-much that see-I, all are here.

  4. Помагам колку што можам.

    I help as much as I can.

    Word by Word: Help-I how-much that can-I.

  5. Земи колку што сакаш.

    Take as much as you want.

    Word by Word: Take how-much that want-you.

  6. Колку што ми е познато, состанокот е откажан.

    To my knowledge, the meeting has been cancelled.

    Word by Word: How-much that to-me is known, meeting-the is cancelled.

    A formal way to say колку што знам.

Common Mistakes

  • Adding дека after колку што знам.

    Колку што знам дека тој е во Скопје.
    Колку што знам, тој е во Скопје.

    Колку што знам is a short comment on the sentence, so the statement follows after a comma, without дека. With дека, use plain знам: Знам дека тој е во Скопје.

  • Using the wrong person on the verb.

    Колку што знае, тој е во Скопје. (meaning: As far as I know, he is in Skopje.)
    Колку што знам, тој е во Скопје.

    Знае means "he or she knows", so the first sentence says "as far as he or she knows". For your own knowledge, use знам.

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колку што знамLevel 5As Far as I Know

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As far as I know follows колку ... толку.

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