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In one of the exercises I was doing, there is a sentence starting with "Ya se qué...". What does this mean?

In the previous sentence, there is a very similar frase - "Ya sé que...", which would translate as "I already know that...".

But I really don't get this "Ya se qué"... Please, help me!

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updated Feb 23, 2012
posted by Parmgrin
thanks for asking! I was gonna ask this today. I just have a question on when, how, and what Ya means. It's used for so many different phrases I assume its means "already" or "thats it"? - hnnssy25, Feb 18, 2012

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updated Feb 23, 2012
posted by swampy
Great link for ya. - katydew, Feb 18, 2012
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¡Ya sé que me dijiste que me amabas! = ¡I know you told me that you loved me!

  • ¡Ya sé que me dijiste que me escuchaste! = ¡I know you told me that you heard me!
  • Notice that you don't really need to translate "yo" (I)
updated Feb 18, 2012
edited by farallon7
posted by farallon7
so its also used to emphasize a certain point/idea. :) gracias - hnnssy25, Feb 18, 2012
Exactly! - farallon7, Feb 18, 2012
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Some examples (it's basically used in answers, when anybody tells anything and you replay saying that "although I knew that, I had to do that". In some cases, you answer before the other tells you anything.

EX 1: - Mum => No te olvides de ir al supermercado. - Answer => ya sé que tengo que ir al supermercado.

updated Feb 18, 2012
posted by miguel_esp
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Parmgrin:

In your question you already knew the answer to "ya sé que" (no accent on que).

Your question was, how does this change when an accent gets added to que, i.e. "ya sé qué."

I believe that ya sé qué means "I know what?" and would probably be used to express disbelief.

Does anyone agree?

updated Feb 19, 2012
posted by mtmonadnock
Actually, my question was what does "ya se qué" mean, without accent on "se"... Can it be a misprint?! - Parmgrin, Feb 19, 2012
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I already know that

updated Feb 18, 2012
posted by davidcbvalencia