What does the grammar form of 知るin the below sentence mean?
闇の世界とは関わるはずがないと知っとったんだろうな
The sentence is from the Japanese version of Harry Potter I
1 Answer
It's a contraction of 知っておった which is an archaic/dialectal version of 知っていた, which means "knew".
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3This is correct of course, but to add, 居る{おる} (godan) is the archaic/dialectical form of 居る{いる}, the rest follows. Feb 25, 2013 at 3:13