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Page 252: Gramatica A
Both *saber* and *conocer* mean *to know.*
***Saber*** is used for expressing abilities or knowing information.
***Conocer*** is used to talk about a person, a topic, or a location you know.
Los amigos de Marta **conocen** de béisbol y tenis.
(Marta’s friends know about baseball and tennis.)
In this sentence, we used *conocer* because it is a topic Marta’s friends know about.
Los amigos de Marta **saben** que el equipo siempre gana.
(Marta’s friends know that the team always wins.)
Here, we used *saber* because Marta’s friends know the information.
Los amigos de Marta **conocen** muschos estadios.
(Marta’s friends know many sports venues (camps/fields/courts).)
Here, we used *conocer* because it is talked about locations.
Los amigos de Marta **saben** patinar en línea.
(Marta’s friends know how to roller-skate.)
In this sentence, we used *saber* because Marta’s friends can do something—they can roller-skate.
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2. A
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Both *saber* and *conocer* mean *to know.*
***Saber*** is used for expressing abilities or knowing information.
***Conocer*** is used to talk about a person, a topic, or a location you know.
(Camila knows the tennis champion.)
We used *conocer* because she knows a person, she has met the tennis champion.
(The players know where the field is.)
We used *saber* because the players know the information.
(We know the school athletes.)
We used *conocer* because we know the people, we are familiar with them.
(I know that swimming is not so dangerous.)
Here, we used *saber* to talk about a piece of information we know.
(Do you know who the champions are?)
We used *saber* to ask someone if they knew this information.
1. conoce
2. saben
3. conocemos
4. sé
5. sabes
Both *saber* and *conocer* mean *to know.*
***Saber*** is used for expressing abilities or knowing information/facts.
***Conocer*** is used to talk about a person, a topic, or a location you know.
(I know some very amusing stories about sports.)
We used *saber* because we are talking about the information we know.
(My grandfather knows a Dominican baseball player.)
Here it is talked about a person, so we used *conocer.*
(Do you know many countries where they play baseball?)
We used *conocer* to ask about a location.
(We know how to roller-skate very good.)
Here it is talked about an ability, a skill, so we used *saber.*
(I know his sister Mirella.)
We used *conocer* because we are talking about a person.
(Do you know at what time the American football team plays?)
We used *saber* because we were asking someone to give us the information.
1. sé
2. conoce
3. conocen
4. sabemos
5. conozco
6. sabes
