Conocer or Saber?
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I'm having trouble deciding between conocer and saber in this instance. Could someone please help me? Thank you!
"Nadie nos lo había dicho antes, pero anoche (supimos/conocimos) la noticia de su muerte."
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updated Apr 21, 2010
posted by patenge
Bienvenida al foro. Welcome to the forum. - 0074b507, Apr 21, 2010
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Saber is one of the verbs that change meaning. In this instance, it means 'we found out' or in real world, 'we heard the news'. It wouldn't make sense to use conocer in this instance.
updated Apr 21, 2010
posted by Jack-OBrien
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Hi Patenge. Welcome to the forum! 
As Jack says "supimos" is the right word here to say "we found out." In the imperfect "saber" means to have known something, however, in the preterit it means to have found out something.
Conocimos = we met (as in we "met" them for the first time last night)
updated Apr 21, 2010
posted by --Mariana--
