Why is "que lo" in this sentence?

Question

In this sentence "No creo que lo hayas conocido," (I don't think you've met.) what does the "que lo" mean?

Que alone means: that, which, who, whom, and whose | Lo que means: "That of which" or "The thing/person that"

So what does Que lo mean in this sentence and why is it here?

Answer 1

Without lo you wouldn't know whom you're referring to. It makes sense if 'you' is in the singular person.

I don't think you've met [him/her] - No creo que (tú) lo hayas conocido.

Answer 2

You're grouping them wrong, I think. It's not "que lo", it's "creo que" (I believe that). The "lo" goes with the rest of the sentence. So, my guess is it means "I don't believe that (que) you have met him (lo)."

Ahh. I understand the replacement of indirect and direct objects,but I thought the que lo had some meaning because I put the sentence in google translate and there was no "that" in the translation, so I was confused. - unbelievable, Oct 19, 2014

Yes, your guess is absolutely right .. thats exactly what it is - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 19, 2014

Thanks! - Winkfish, Oct 19, 2014

Answer 3

En esta oración "que" separa la clausa principal de la clausa subordinada. "Lo" refiere al objeto directo "him." La oración lee: I don't think/believe (that) you know him.

Bueno, tienes razon :) - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 19, 2014

Answer 4

It is not "que lo" ...

Que and Lo are seperate elements or parts of speech here and are not acting as a single unit like "lo que"

Que is the conjunction here which is joining the main clause with the dependent clause..

Main clause is "(Yo) No Creo

Then comes the conjunction Que(that) which is just a link between the two clauses.

Followed by the subordinate clause .. "lo hayas conocido" where "lo" is the direct object pronoun which literally means "him/her" in this context ...

so the whole sentence together means .. I don't think you have met him/her..