Using 'Saber'Most Common Meaning Is 'To Have Knowledge' "Learning Spanish ".

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Using 'Saber'

Most Common Meaning Is 'To Have Knowledge'

Examples

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Saber is a common verb whose basic meaning is "to have knowledge"

or "to have knowledge of."

Although it is often translated as "to know,"

t should not be confused with conocer,

which also is often translated as "to know."

The basic meaning of saber can be seen most clearly

when it is followed by a noun or a phrase functioning as a noun:

• ¿Sabe alguien los horarios de los buses desde el aeropuerto?

Does anyone know the times of the buses from the airport?

• Nuestra presidente no sabe inglés. Our president doesn't know English.

• No se sabe mucho de su muerte. Not much is known about his death.

• Sé bien la verdad. I know the truth well.

• Nunca sabemos el futuro. We never know the future.

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When followed by an infinitive, saber often means "to know how":

• El que no sabe escuchar no sabe entender

  The one who doesn't know how to listen doesn't know how to understand.

• No saben escribir en cursiva.

  They don't know how to write in cursive.

• El problema era que los dos no sabíamos nadar.

  The problem was that the two of us didn't know how to swim.

• Saber can mean "to find out."

  This is especially true when it is used in the preterite tense:

• Supe que todos tenemos cosas en común

. I found out that all of us have things in common.

• Nunca supieron que estaban equivocados.

  They never found out that they were mistaken.

In context, saber can be used to say "to have news" about someone or something: No sé nada de mi madre. I don't have any news about my mother. The phrase saber a can be used to indicate what something tastes like: Yo no he comido iguana, pero se dice que sabe a pollo. I haven't eaten iguana, but they say it tastes like chicken. Remember that saber is conjugated irregularly.

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Please write an example using 'Saber'.

...and the plot thickens :-) - 007c5fc1, Jul 10, 2014

Answer 1

A veces sé exactamente lo que quiero compartir de mi vida. Sé por ejemplo que no sabemos explicar la vergüenza que sentimos cuando nos damos cuenta lo poco que sabemos.

At times I know exactly what I want to share about my life. I know for example that we don't know how to explain the embarrassment that we feel when we realize how little we know.

Exactamente exactly mate, thanks for participating , how are you ? - ray76, Jul 10, 2014

If that is true, the rest of us are in deep doodoo. - 007c5fc1, Jul 10, 2014

Answer 2

¡No es lo que sepas pero a quién conozcas que importa!

It's not what you know but who who know that counts!

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That is a great use of both verbs PM, Thanks for the effort . - ray76, Jul 10, 2014

Thanks Ray. It's a good exercise too! ;-) - pml222, Jul 10, 2014

I am Patti by the way ;-) - pml222, Jul 10, 2014

jaja....the person who sat on Ray's bicycle must have been very knowledgeable! - 007c5fc1, Jul 10, 2014

Lol - rac1, Jul 10, 2014

Answer 3

Hay un proverbio francés : Si juventud sabría , si vejez podría. Hay lenguas a cuales no es posible a traducir.

There is a French proverb: If youth would know, if old age could. There are languages to which it is not possible to translate.

Never a truer word spoken , or written porcu. Great response , thank you . - ray76, Jul 10, 2014

Yes, I don't like to criticize the creator, but it would have been much better if we could be born old and wise and get younger as time passes. - 007c5fc1, Jul 10, 2014

Good idea Margherite - porcupine7, Jul 10, 2014

Answer 4

Yo sé un poco de español

I know a little Spanish.

You know a lot more than you let on amiga....good for you! You're an inspiration!! - 007c5fc1, Jul 10, 2014

Thank you, Margherite. Anything I know, I'm learning from friends like you and others here. :) - rac1, Jul 10, 2014

You must be using the same book as me Annie. - ray76, Jul 10, 2014

Answer 5

Me gusta conocer los personas interesantes que saben las cosas que no sé.

I like to meet interesting people who know about things that I don't.

Me too, amiga. :) - rac1, Jul 10, 2014

Saber 2 times and conocer once. A great sentence. - gringojrf, Jul 10, 2014

A champion through and thorough , thanks mate. - ray76, Jul 10, 2014

Answer 6

The more we know the more we know (that) we don't know enough.

Cuanto más sabemos, más sabemos que no sabemos lo suficiente.

Oh Yo sé , yo sé, algunos tiempos ,a veces yo no sé nada en absolut. - ray76, Jul 10, 2014

we should know that anyway. - 007c5fc1, Jul 10, 2014

You said it. :) - rac1, Jul 10, 2014