literal translation for "no se"?

Question

Looks like "no se" means to not know, but how does it literally translate? If "se" is himself, it, etc I can't quite grasp the exact lieral meaning

Answer 1

It is actually "no sé". That accent is super important, otherwise it might get confused with "se".

"Sé" is the yo form (present tense, indicative mood) of the verb "saber", meaning "to know". Therefore "no sé" literally means, "I don't know".

See how important accents are?

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Excellent explanation. - --Mariana--, Aug 18, 2011

Thank you! - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 18, 2011

Answer 2

(Yo) no sé means "I do not know". This is not the pronoun "se" but the verb saber conjugated to the 1st person singular present.

Answer 3

No sé ,,,,,,,,, I don´t know

Tildes will end the confusion

Answer 4

Your answer is here link text The "se" is from the transitive verb saber = "to know" so the "literal translation would be something like "not know" " useful huh?

Me gusta tu respuesta, Birdland.:) Acabas de destacar que las traducciones literales no nos sirven tanto, y por lo general son una pérdida de tiempo. - Deanski, Aug 18, 2011