How do I say, "that's all I know"?

Question

How do I say, "that's all I know"?

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Answer 1

As always there is more than one way to express an idea. So changing your "That is all I know" to "I don't know anything more". Basically saying the same thing. I would say. "No sé nada más".

Answer 2

Es todo lo que sé

Although NickelBackFan's answer seems perfectly correct to me, I think this is a nice opportunity to broach the subject of when to add in some of those pronouns we drop normally, so I will expound on her answer with a few of my thoughts:

(Eso) es todo lo que (yo) sé.

A lot of times when saying this you might want to emphasize either the that or the I or both. So if you leave the eso in- you emphasize the thing that is the only thing you know. If you leave in the yo you are emphasizing that that is what you know as opposed to anyone else.

As this is often an emphatic statement, although we are taught to normally leave these elements out, in this case it will often be appropriate to keep them in. Depending on the spin you want to put on it.

These of course are my opinions as a learner, and I would not object to further thoughts from a native speaker.

I think that is a better way of putting it mate. :) - Nickelbackfan1, Dec 23, 2015

What I am saying is all the possible combinations might have a place, and which you choose can subtly change the message, so it is worth thinking about. :) - bosquederoble, Dec 23, 2015

It is very interesting about how many different combinations there are in Spanish, how does one keep track of all of them? - Nickelbackfan1, Dec 23, 2015

Let alone write them and speak them well PS I did not think of that glad somebody put that up for a new member. :) - Nickelbackfan1, Dec 23, 2015

Answer 3

Desafodunamente no sé quien es Will Smith, pero es una buena ilustración.

Will Simth es un actor del cine norteamericano muy popular. - Daniela2041, Dec 23, 2015

Answer 4

Hola ledean, I want to let you know we will not do you work with out an attempt So you may not get any answers to this question. But do not feel like I am being mean/rude to you I am only trying to help you another thing you might want to do is fill out you profile, we do not know what your Spanish and English levels are, but like I said do not feel bad a lot of people new to the site make this error And so you do not feel bad I will give you a vote.

PS. It is only mandatory and the answer to you question is Es todo lo que sé