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Only "to" is correct in your examples, sun 94. To be familiar with something means to know and/or understand it. To be familiar to someone is to ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. familiartoorwith Threadstarter sun94 Startdate May10,2010 S sun94 Banned korean Inthefollowingsentence,whichprepsitioniscorrect'to'or'with'? Someofthewordswillbefamiliarto(with?)you,butsomeofthewordswillnotbefamiliarwith(to?)you.   V Valvs SeniorMember St.Petersburg,Russia Russian Only"to"iscorrectinyourexamples,sun94. Tobefamiliarwithsomethingmeanstoknowand/orunderstandit. Tobefamiliartosomeoneistobeknownandunderstoodbythatperson. Iamfamiliarwiththisword. Thiswordisfamiliartome.   S sundreez SeniorMember Pennsylvania,USA English Tosay"familiarwith"impliesamutualfamiliarity,asintwopeoplewhoarefamiliarwitheachother.SoIwoulduse"familiarto"inyourexamples.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top