Know It All
Pick the right 'know' for facts, skills, people and places — instantly, out loud.
Spanish splits to know in two. Saber is head knowledge — facts, information, skills: sé la respuesta, sé que tienes razón, and with an infinitive, knowing how — sé nadar, sabe cocinar. Conocer is experience knowledge — people and places you're familiar with: conozco Madrid, conozco a tu hermano (people take the personal a). Any clause with que, dónde or cómo takes saber; skills never take conocer. Bonus: in the preterite the meanings shift — supe = found out, conocí = met for the first time.
Below: the questions this pair unlocks, the mix-ups that mark you as a learner, and a way to practise choosing the right verb mid-sentence, out loud — no multiple-choice quizzes.
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Carla
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There's no quiz in the Know It All lessons — Carla just keeps asking you the kind of questions Spanish speakers ask all day, and you have to pick the verb live. A fact: ¿sabes a qué hora abre el museo? A person: ¿conoces a mi hermano? A place: ¿conoces Madrid? Then a skills round — three things you know how to do with sé + infinitive (sé cocinar, sé nadar) — and a stretch into the past: when you found something out (supe…) and when you met someone (conocí a…). Out loud, until the choice is automatic instead of translated.
Blank mid-sentence and nothing bad happens — she waits. That's the practice, without unnecessary judgement.
Finish the 5 lessons and Know It All is yours — earned, not given.
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Quick answers
Saber = facts, information and skills (sé que tienes razón, sé nadar). Conocer = people, places and things you're familiar with from experience (conozco a María, conozco Madrid). Head knowledge vs been-there-met-them knowledge.
Conocer — being familiar with a place is experience: conozco muy bien Madrid. But facts about the place take saber: sé que Barcelona es bonita, pero no la conozco — I know it's beautiful, but I've never been.
Saber + infinitive, never conocer: sé nadar (I know how to swim), sabe hablar tres idiomas, ¿sabes manejar? (do you know how to drive?).
When conocer is followed by a specific person, Spanish requires the personal a: conozco a tu hermano, ¿conoces a mi hermano? Leaving it out is one of the most common learner slips.
In the preterite both verbs shift meaning: supe la noticia ayer = I found out the news yesterday; conocí a mi esposa en la universidad = I met my wife at university (for the first time).
