Marika33
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Can we use "understand" and "remember" to talk about not a state, but an action? (To talk about a moment we started to understand/remember something).
What I mean: as far as I'm concerned, we can't use "know" in this way. "Know" is always about a state (in the main meaning — being aware of something), so to talk about an action, we use "learn" or "find out", e.g. "I've known about it ever since I learned of it".
But what about "understand" and "remember"?
Can we use them in the meaning of an action (to talk about a moment we started to understand/remember something)?
What I mean: as far as I'm concerned, we can't use "know" in this way. "Know" is always about a state (in the main meaning — being aware of something), so to talk about an action, we use "learn" or "find out", e.g. "I've known about it ever since I learned of it".
But what about "understand" and "remember"?
Can we use them in the meaning of an action (to talk about a moment we started to understand/remember something)?
I just knew it (=I still know it).- I just learned/found out about it (Now I know about it).
- I just understood it (= I still understand it). (?)
- I just remembered it (= I still remember it). (?)