LEARN SPANISH: Saber vs. Conocer (When To Use Each One)

LEARN SPANISH: Saber vs. Conocer (When To Use Each One). In today's video you'll discover the difference between Saber and Conocer. You'll also discover when you should use each each. These Spanish Verbs can be tricky but this video should help you out.

Here are a few examples...

Conocer Uses:

People (When you know people be sure to add the preposition 'a' when using conocer)

English: I know your mom.
Spanish: Yo conozco a tu madre.

Places (If you are familiar with places, remember to drop the preposition 'a')

English: I know Colombia.
Spanish: Yo conozco Colombia.

Things (Describing knowledge of things such as technology.)

English: I know (I'm familiar with) the technology of this cellphone.
Spanish: Yo conozco la tecnología de este celular.
Saber Uses:

For information (For knowledge of information that may be a particular use like what time a store closes)

English: Do you know what time the store closes?
Spanish: ¿Sabes a qué hora se cierra la tienda?

For facts (When you know things about facts, events or general trivia)

English: I know that there are 50 states in America.
Spanish: Yo sé que hay 50 estados en América

How to do something (You can talk about skills or specific areas of expertise)

English: He knows how to drive
Spanish: Él sabe manejar.

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To give you a quick rundown of general rules for when to use Saber vs. Conocer...

Here are a few examples...

Conocer Uses:

People (When you know people be sure to add the preposition 'a' when using conocer)

English: I know your mom. 
Spanish: Yo conozco a tu madre.
 
Places (If you are familiar with places, remember to drop the preposition 'a')

English: I know Colombia.
Spanish: Yo conozco Colombia.
 
Things (Describing knowledge of things such as technology.)

English: I know (I'm familiar with) the technology of this cellphone. 
Spanish: Yo conozco la tecnología de este celular.

Saber Uses:

For information (For knowledge of information that may be a particular use like what time a store closes)

English: Do you know what time the store closes?
Spanish: ¿Sabes a qué hora se cierra la tienda?
 
For facts (When you know things about facts, events or general trivia)

English: I know that there are 50 states in America.
Spanish: Yo sé que hay 50 estados en América
 
How to do something (You can talk about skills or specific areas of expertise)

English: He knows how to drive
Spanish: Él sabe manejar.

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[danoonzpeterson]

Yes! I needed this! I’ve been learning Spanish & this has always confused me! Thank you!!!

[DDiaz-xisl]

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[indriadrayton]

I love how you break this down slowly! Thank you.

[sahirygnobehi]

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[christopherburge]

Great video but the evidence strongly supports that people learn better by writing (that is, not by you providing text but by them taking written notes). You're never going to become fluent in a language without speaking and listening, but you also need to learn to write and to get the muscle memory and experience from writing. I know I'm 5 years late lol

[tead]

Thank you for the great video. I have been struggling with these two verbs and with every video I watch, I gain clearer understanding. I still have a ways to go but your video has really helped me. I am now a newly subscribed student. Lol.

[izzy_]

Amazing content! The host is just as amazing!! Thank you for clearing this up for me

[KMO]

Man conocer will mess you up every time! Thanks for doing this video! And we haven't even got to the preterite vs imperfect stuff. I still need to focus on just getting vocabulary memorized.

[marveluniverse]

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[rob_htx]

So I have a question. In one of Anual AA’s songs, he says “No se quien es tu ex, pero el sabe quien soy yo” but I thought when it’s a person, you have to use the Conocer form. Also I get that it’s just a song. I appreciate any kind of response. Thx

[cocog]

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[clarencehammer]

I noticed that you used "saber" when you said that someone knew English. I also know that there is a Spanish saying that people use to refer to a very smart or intelligent person which is "Sabe latín". But a long time ago I heard someone say, I think in an audio magazine, talking about some other people they said, "Y conocen inglés" At first I was surprised but then later as I thought about it it made sense to me because we use "conocer" to mean "to be familiar with" so if you know a language you are familiar with the knowledge of that language. Do you think you could use either "saber" or "conocer" when saying that someone knows a language? Of course, if you say that someone knows how to speak a language you would have to use "saber".