Verb (Group 1) (Basic ㊦ 406)
Someone gets information from some outside source.
Equivalent: Get to know
1. 知る, a nonstative verb, takes the Verbている form when it means the stative 'know'.
(⇨ いる2)2. When answering in the negative to the question Xを知っていますか 'Do you know X?', the negative nonstative form 知らない/知りません is used instead of 知っていない/知っていません, as in Key Sentence (B) and Example (c).
