| Welcome
to Vol. 43 of the Spanish Online Newsletter! Your weekly Spanish
learning with mp3 files, as well as links to Spanish travel places
and more. This week we take a look at the 2 words for "to know"
in Spanish - saber and conocer.
Many of you probably already know how to say "yo no sé!"
- but here we'll take a look at the present tense conjugations for
both words as well as how they differ.
Ways to Know:
Saber v. Conocer
(From the Guantanamera
chapter of Musical Spanish, click
for PDF lesson)
The expressions "yo
sé" or "no sé" are likely to be some
of the first you'll hear when you travel to a Spanish speaking destination.
Letting people know what you know and don't know can be very important!
yo
sé
sabes?
no lo sé
|
I
know
do you know?
I don't know (it) |
Spanish divides “to
know” into 2 words: saber and conocer. English
speakers usually have trouble with this in the beginning, but get
the hang of it through practice. A good trick—think of “SABER”
words as things that can be LEARNED.
click to hear mp3
Don't worry about making
mistakes either, as your general message is likely to be understood
even if you choose the wrong form of "to know."
lo
conozco a Juan
¿conoces a Roma?
la conocí anoche
|
I
know Juan
are you familiar with Rome?
I met her last night |
click to hear mp3
Conjugations
of saber and conocer
yo
tú
él, ella, Ud.
nosotros
ellos, Uds.
|
se
sabes
sabe
sabemos
saben |
conozco
conoces
conoce
conocemos
conocen |
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