{"id":1350,"date":"2019-06-17T17:36:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T17:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/?post_type=chapter&p=1350"},"modified":"2019-10-31T19:05:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T19:05:57","slug":"saber-vs-conocer","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1\/chapter\/saber-vs-conocer\/","title":{"raw":"To know in Spanish: Saber vs Conocer","rendered":"To know in Spanish: Saber vs Conocer"},"content":{"raw":"
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Objetivos<\/h3>\r\nDistinguish between what you know and what you are familiar with\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Gram\u00e1tica<\/h3>\r\nThere are two verbs in Spanish that translate \u201cto know\u201d in English, similar to what you have observed with our verb \u201cto be\u201d.\u00a0 The two ways of knowing in Spanish are saber<\/em>\u00a0and conocer<\/em>.<\/span>\r\n
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\"Play<\/a><\/span>Saber<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIrregular in the first person singular, regular in all other forms in the present tense..<\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/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
s\u00e9<\/td>\r\nconozco<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
sabes<\/td>\r\nconoces<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
sabe<\/td>\r\nconoce<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
sabemos<\/td>\r\nconocemos<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
sab\u00e9is<\/td>\r\nconoc\u00e9is<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
saben<\/td>\r\nconocen<\/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\nSaber<\/span> \u2192 to know a skill, to be aware of some information, to have knowledge about some topic.\r\n\r\nConocer<\/span> \u2192 to know a person, to be familiar with who they are because of a previous physical encounter, or because they are well known and\/or famous.\u00a0 Also to know a place because you have been there.\r\n\r\nEjemplos:<\/span>\r\n\r\nSaber\r\n<\/strong>Yo s\u00e9 patinar.<\/span> (I know how to skate.)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>T\u00fa sabes hablar un poco de espa\u00f1ol.<\/span> (You know how to speak a bit of Spanish.)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>Nosotros sabemos a qu\u00e9 hora es el partido de f\u00fatbol.<\/span> (We know what time the soccer game is.)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>Ellos saben jugar domin\u00f3.<\/span> (They know how to play dominoes.)\r\n\r\nConocer\r\n<\/strong>\"Play<\/a><\/span>Yo conozco a la presidenta de la universidad personalmente.<\/span> (I know personally the president of the university.)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>\u00bfT\u00fa conoces la ciudad de Nueva York?<\/span> (Do you know\/are you familiar with the city of New York?)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>Ellos conocen un lugar donde las personas que saben jugar domin\u00f3 van los domingos.<\/span> (They are familiar with a place where the people who know how to play dominoes go on Sundays.)

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Objetivos<\/h3>\n

Distinguish between what you know and what you are familiar with<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Gram\u00e1tica<\/h3>\n

There are two verbs in Spanish that translate \u201cto know\u201d in English, similar to what you have observed with our verb \u201cto be\u201d.\u00a0 The two ways of knowing in Spanish are saber<\/em>\u00a0and conocer<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Play<\/a><\/span>Saber<\/strong><\/span>
\nIrregular in the first person singular, regular in all other forms in the present tense..<\/td>\n		\"Play<\/a><\/span>Conocer<\/strong><\/span>
\nIrregular in the first person singular, regular in all other forms in the present tense.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
s\u00e9<\/td>\nconozco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sabes<\/td>\nconoces<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sabe<\/td>\nconoce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sabemos<\/td>\nconocemos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sab\u00e9is<\/td>\nconoc\u00e9is<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
saben<\/td>\nconocen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The distinction is not so difficult to remember:<\/p>\n

Saber<\/span> \u2192 to know a skill, to be aware of some information, to have knowledge about some topic.<\/p>\n

Conocer<\/span> \u2192 to know a person, to be familiar with who they are because of a previous physical encounter, or because they are well known and\/or famous.\u00a0 Also to know a place because you have been there.<\/p>\n

Ejemplos:<\/span><\/p>\n

Saber
\n<\/strong>Yo s\u00e9 patinar.<\/span> (I know how to skate.)
\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>T\u00fa sabes hablar un poco de espa\u00f1ol.<\/span> (You know how to speak a bit of Spanish.)
\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>Nosotros sabemos a qu\u00e9 hora es el partido de f\u00fatbol.<\/span> (We know what time the soccer game is.)
\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>Ellos saben jugar domin\u00f3.<\/span> (They know how to play dominoes.)<\/p>\n

Conocer
\n<\/strong>\"Play<\/a><\/span>Yo conozco a la presidenta de la universidad personalmente.<\/span> (I know personally the president of the university.)
\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>\u00bfT\u00fa conoces la ciudad de Nueva York?<\/span> (Do you know\/are you familiar with the city of New York?)
\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>Ellos conocen un lugar donde las personas que saben jugar domin\u00f3 van los domingos.<\/span> (They are familiar with a place where the people who know how to play dominoes go on Sundays.)<\/p>\n

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