Saber and conocer

Question 1

Saber is used to talk about facts or learned skills. You can use it to talk about information you’ve memorized or to say you are able to swim, draw, speak a language, etc.
En tu mente!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Saber = to know how hablar español
conocimiento - knowledge
historia
arte
matermaticas

Question 2

Expressing Knowledge

Do you know if Juanita is married?

Answer 2

¿Sabes si Juanita está casada?

Miguel sabe que es la obra maestra de Cervantes.

Question 3

Expressing Ability

I can speak Spanish.

Answer 3

Sé hablar español.

Question 4

To express an ability to do something, use saber plus an infinitive. For example, Yo sé
cocinar.

(I can cook.)

Answer 4

Saber + infinitive = to know how to do something.

Question 5

Conocer

Conocer is used to express familiarity (or lack thereof) with a person, place, or thing. For example you can know, or be familiar with, a book, a movie, a country, or a certain person.
lugares
personas
animales
cosas
Tienes la experiencia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

Ellos tienen ganas de conocer España algún día.

or

el río Amazonas.

Question 6

To know a place, person, movie

Conocer = to be acquainted with a place (mi ciudad y ese restaurante cubano.)

Answer 6

EXAMPLES

No conocemos Madrid.
We’re not familiar with Madrid.

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

Question 7

The personal a must be used after conocer when talking about a person.

Answer 7

Yo conozco a Brad Pitt!

Question 8

Saber and Conocer in the Preterite

In the preterite, both saber and conocer can have other meanings. Saber conjugated in the preterite can mean found out:
My parents never found out the truth.

and conocer conjugated in the preterite can translate as met:

I met my boyfriend at a soccer game.

Answer 8

Mis padres nunca supieron la verdad.

Conocí a mi novio en un partido de fútbol.

Question 9

Saberse

To say you know something from memory/by heart, use saberse.

My phone number is the only one he knows by heart.

Answer 9

Mi teléfono es el único que se sabe de memoria.

Question 10

Conocer in Reciprocal Sentences

Conocer can be used with a reciprocal pronoun to refer to two or more people knowing or meeting each other.

Check out these examples.

EXAMPLES

We still don’t know each other very well.

Paulina and Santiago met in college.

Answer 10

Todavía no nos conocemos muy bien.

Paulina y Santiago se conocieron en la universidad.

Question 11

I know (it)

how should I know!

Answer 11

lo sé

¡qué sé yo!

Question 12

without my knowledge

Answer 12

sin saberlo yo

Question 13

who knows (idiom)

Answer 13

a saber

Question 14

your guess is as good as mine or
who knows

Answer 14

vete a saber

Question 15

if I’d only known

Answer 15

de haberlo sabido

Question 16

as far as I know

just so you know

Answer 16

que yo sepa (subjunctive)

para que lo sepas (subjunctive)

Question 17

I don’t know how to play well.

Answer 17

Yo no sé jugar bien, pero soy aficionada al tenis.

Question 18

Anita can’t swim.

Answer 18

Anita no sabe nadar.

Question 19

Do you know where there’s a good cafe?

Answer 19

¿Sabes dónde hay un buen café?

Question 20

I know a good place to watch the sunset.

Answer 20

Conozco un buen sitio para ver la puesta del sol.

Question 21

He knows a movie that may interest you.

Answer 21

Conoce una película que tal vez te interese.

Question 22

I know the buildings of Gaudi in Spain

Answer 22

Conozco los edificios de Gaudi en España.

Question 23

I know Isabel Allende

Answer 23

Conozco a Isabel Allende.