{"id":281,"date":"2021-01-13T14:59:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/chapter\/gramatica-saber-y-conocer\/"},"modified":"2021-08-09T18:26:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T18:26:15","slug":"gramatica-saber-y-conocer","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-oneonta-spanish1-2-print-sp2021\/chapter\/gramatica-saber-y-conocer\/","title":{"raw":"Gram\u00e1tica: Saber y conocer","rendered":"Gram\u00e1tica: Saber y conocer"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Recognize the appropriate uses of the verbs saber and conocer<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nThere are two verbs in Spanish that translate \u201cto know\u201d in English, similar to what you have observed with the English verb \u201cto be\u201d.\u00a0 The two ways of knowing in Spanish are <em>saber<\/em>\u00a0and <em>conocer<\/em><span lang=\"es\">.<\/span>\r\n<div>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span lang=\"es\"><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/saber.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Saber<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIrregular in the first person singular, regular in all other forms in the present tense..<\/td>\r\n<td><span lang=\"es\"><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/conocer.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Conocer<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIrregular in the first person singular, regular in all other forms in the present tense.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>s\u00e9<\/td>\r\n<td>conozco<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>sabes<\/td>\r\n<td>conoces<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>sabe<\/td>\r\n<td>conoce<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>sabemos<\/td>\r\n<td>conocemos<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>sab\u00e9is<\/td>\r\n<td>conoc\u00e9is<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>saben<\/td>\r\n<td>conocen<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe distinction is not so difficult to remember:\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"es\">Saber<\/span> \u2192 to know a skill \/ how to do something, to be aware of some information, to have knowledge about some topic.\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"es\">Conocer<\/span> \u2192 to know a person, to be familiar with who they are because of a previous physical encounter.\u00a0 Also to know a place because you have been there.\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"es\">Ejemplos:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"es\"><strong>Saber\r\n<\/strong>Yo s\u00e9 las tablas de multiplicaci\u00f3n.<\/span> (<em>I know the times tables.<\/em>)\r\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/tu_sabes_hablar_un_poco_de_espanol.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>T\u00fa sabes hablar un poco de espa\u00f1ol.<\/span> (<em>You know how to speak a bit of Spanish.<\/em>)\r\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/nosotros_sabemos_a_que_hora_es_el_partido_de_futbol.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Nosotros sabemos a qu\u00e9 hora es el partido de f\u00fatbol.<\/span> (<em>We know what time the soccer game is.<\/em>)\r\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/ellos_saben_jugar_domino.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Ellos saben jugar domin\u00f3.<\/span> (<em>They know how to play dominoes.<\/em>)\r\n\r\n<span lang=\"es\"><strong>Conocer\r\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/yo_conozco_a_la_presidenta_de_la_universidad_personalmente.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Yo conozco a la presidenta de la universidad personalmente.<\/span> (<em>I know the president of the university.\u2014<\/em>personally, we've met)\r\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/tu_conoces_la_ciudad_de_nueva_york.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfT\u00fa conoces la ciudad de Nueva York?<\/span> (<em>Do you know \/ are you familiar with the city of New York?<\/em>)\r\n\r\n<strong>Saber y Conocer<\/strong>\r\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/ellos_conocen_un_lugar_donde_las_personas_que_saben_jugar_domino_van_los_domingos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Ellos conocen un lugar donde las personas que saben jugar domin\u00f3 van los domingos.<\/span> (<em>They know \/ are familiar with a place where the people who know how to play dominoes go on Sundays.<\/em>)","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognize the appropriate uses of the verbs saber and conocer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>There are two verbs in Spanish that translate \u201cto know\u201d in English, similar to what you have observed with the English verb \u201cto be\u201d.\u00a0 The two ways of knowing in Spanish are <em>saber<\/em>\u00a0and <em>conocer<\/em><span lang=\"es\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span lang=\"es\"><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/saber.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Saber<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nIrregular in the first person singular, regular in all other forms in the present tense..<\/td>\n<td><span lang=\"es\"><strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/conocer.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Conocer<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nIrregular in the first person singular, regular in all other forms in the present tense.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>s\u00e9<\/td>\n<td>conozco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sabes<\/td>\n<td>conoces<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sabe<\/td>\n<td>conoce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sabemos<\/td>\n<td>conocemos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sab\u00e9is<\/td>\n<td>conoc\u00e9is<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>saben<\/td>\n<td>conocen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The distinction is not so difficult to remember:<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"es\">Saber<\/span> \u2192 to know a skill \/ how to do something, to be aware of some information, to have knowledge about some topic.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"es\">Conocer<\/span> \u2192 to know a person, to be familiar with who they are because of a previous physical encounter.\u00a0 Also to know a place because you have been there.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"es\">Ejemplos:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"es\"><strong>Saber<br \/>\n<\/strong>Yo s\u00e9 las tablas de multiplicaci\u00f3n.<\/span> (<em>I know the times tables.<\/em>)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/tu_sabes_hablar_un_poco_de_espanol.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>T\u00fa sabes hablar un poco de espa\u00f1ol.<\/span> (<em>You know how to speak a bit of Spanish.<\/em>)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/nosotros_sabemos_a_que_hora_es_el_partido_de_futbol.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Nosotros sabemos a qu\u00e9 hora es el partido de f\u00fatbol.<\/span> (<em>We know what time the soccer game is.<\/em>)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/ellos_saben_jugar_domino.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Ellos saben jugar domin\u00f3.<\/span> (<em>They know how to play dominoes.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"es\"><strong>Conocer<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/yo_conozco_a_la_presidenta_de_la_universidad_personalmente.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Yo conozco a la presidenta de la universidad personalmente.<\/span> (<em>I know the president of the university.\u2014<\/em>personally, we&#8217;ve met)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/tu_conoces_la_ciudad_de_nueva_york.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfT\u00fa conoces la ciudad de Nueva York?<\/span> (<em>Do you know \/ are you familiar with the city of New York?<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saber y Conocer<\/strong><br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U6\/ellos_conocen_un_lugar_donde_las_personas_que_saben_jugar_domino_van_los_domingos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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