530. I may tell someone “this colour is
called ‘red’ in English” (when for example I am teaching him English). In this
case I should not say “I know that this colour…” – I would perhaps say that if
I had just now learned it, or by contrast with another colour whose English
name I am not familiar with.
if you are teaching English – all you need
to say is –
‘this colour is called ‘red’ in English –
and you should add the qualification –
‘it really always depends on circumstance
and context –
but you will get the hang of this –
as you get more familiar with using the
language’
if you have just learnt it –
and you think telling someone this is
relevant –
what you say is –‘I have just learnt it’
as to contrasting with another colour –
whose English name you are not familiar
with –
if you want to do this – what you say is –
‘I am familiar with what this colour is
called in English –
but not with what that colour is called’
‘I know’ – has no role to play –
it is irrelevant
greg t. charlton. 2010.
