ken : 알다, 지식, 알고있음, 아는 영역, 지식의 범위
1)
this word Ken, is particularly a Scottish word
to ken, to know
Do you ken what's happening?, Do you know what's happening?
if you use this word ken particularly as a verb, you are giving something a Scottish feel. you are making it sound Scottish
to know
to understand
2)
ken, it's talking about knowledge and understanding, your range of knowledge
ken as a noun, knowledge and understanding
it's not in my ken, it's not in my range of knowledge
this subject is beyond my ken, it's more than I understand, it's not in my field of knowledge
I think, the phrase you will find is, beyond my ken, I would recommend that you use it
they are talking about things beyound my ken and my mind just turned off and then I wnet to sleep
3)
you can also use this talking about the your range of vision
but this use is pretty old-fashioned and archaic
Formality : 4.5 for beyond my ken or in my ken
Formality : 3.5 - 4 for Do you ken ~bla bla ?
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