How well do you know how to say you know what you know in Spanish?

It today’s podcast episode we will be looking at these two common verbs in Spanish: saber vs conocer. We will look at a different way of thinking of the translation of these two verbs and so common uses of each.

A quick summary for the uses of these two verbs for ‘to know’ are:

Saber – Facts, Information & How to do something

Conocer – People, Places & Things

The conjugations of these two verbs:

Saber

(Note it is irregular in first person)
Yo sé
Tú sabes
Él / ella sabe
Nosotros sabemos
Vosotros sabeís
Ellos saben

Conocer

(Also irregular in first person)
Yo conozco
Tú conoces
Él / ella conoce
Nosotros conocemos
Vosotros conocéis
Ellos conocen

Examples from the episode:

I’m going to be familiar with it tomorrow – Voy a conocer manaña (Reference from tip 17 – A Hack For The Future)

I don’t know where I am – No sé donde estoy

He knows the answer – Él sabe la respuesta

I don’t know – No lo sé

They know nothing – Ellos no saben nada

I know how to speak spanish – Yo sé hablar español.

I know how to find – Yo sé encontrar.

I know how to explain – Yo sé explicar.

I know how to say algo – Yo sé decir algo.

Only she knows how to find this house – Sólo ella sabe encontrar está casa

Who knows! – ¡Quien sabe!

God knows! – ¡Dios sabe!

I know mathematics – Yo sé matemáticas

Are you familiar with Spanish literature – ¿Conoces la literatura española?

Do you know my friend – ¿Conoces a mi amiga?

I don’t know her – Yo no la conozco.

I know Melbourne well – Yo conozco bien Melbourne.

I don’t know Spain but one day – No conozco España pero algún día.

He we met? – Nos hemos encontrado?

Have you met / Do you know each other – ¿os conocéis?

Quote from the episode:

“Sin saber el poder de las palabras, es imposible conocer al hombre.” – Confucius

(Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know man)

“lo conozco como la palma de la mano” – Spanish saying.

(I know it like the back of my hand)

How else could you use saber vs conocer?

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