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Understanding Saber and Conocer

Hola. We're in our third video in the series  of verbs that mean to know. Both saber and  conocer again mean to know. Because they both mean to know, it's probably important that we go over them both in the same video  where we can compare and contrast them. So let's review saber first. It's conjugated as follows yo sé  tú sabes él sabe  ella sabe usted sabe  nosotros sabemos ellos saben ellas saben ustedes saben We use saber again for facts,  information and how to. Some examples. Yo no sé la hora. Ellos no saben jugar al fútbol. Nosotros no sabemos con se llama el profesor. The first one is information. The time. The second would be how to and  the third of course is like a  fact. It's answering your question,  what the name of the professor is. Now for conocer, yo conozco tú conoces él conoce  ella conoce usted conoce  nosotros conocemos ellos conocen  ellas conocen ustedes conocen We use conocer for people and pets. This is because people treat their pets like humans normally like other people. Places and to be familiar with  something. if you wanna say we're familiar with it, we'll  also use conocer. To know. Some examples. ¿Conoces mi restaurante y favorito?  Do you know my favorite restaurant? The place. Ellos no conocen a Shakira. The person Yo conozco los libros de Harry Potter. And that would be familiar with something. So remember these verbs both mean 'to know',  but you use them for different things. So I'll go ahead and give you some sentences  and have you choose between saber and conocer. Pause the video if you need  more time and check the word   bank if you aren't sure where the word is. If you don't remember how to change it into the  right form, you can also look below the video for   the correct conjugation. First one: Yo __ las respuestas el examen. Yo sé las respuestas en el examen. it's information. Nosotros __ la piscina. Nosotros conocemos la piscina. It's a place Ellos __ a Cristina. Ellos conocen a Cristina. a person ¿__ jugar ajedrez? ¿Sabes jugar ajedrez? it's how to play chess. Inés no __ conducir.  Inés no sabe conducir. Also how to. Yo __ a Felipe. Yo __ conozco a Felipe. A person or pet Raúl y yo __ bailar. Raúl y yo sabemos bailar. How to. ¿__ Mexico?  ¿Conoces México? it's a place Ellas __ los poemas de Bécquer. Ellas conocen los poemas de Bécquer. They're familiar with them,  with the poetry, the poems Él __ a los estudiantes. Él conoce a los estudiantes. Again, personal a. You know those are  people, so we have to have conocer. ¿Quién __ la edad de la abuela? ¿Quién sabe la edad de la abuela? W ho knows the age of the grandmother?  That will be information. Paco __ nadar. Paco sabe nadar. Again, how to OK. I hope this video was helpful.  Feel free to leave any questions, comments or suggestions about this video or others. Gracias y adiós.