SABER vs CONOCER - How to Say 'To Know' in Spanish

When it comes to deciding between saber vs conocer, Spanish students tend to get the verb choice right.

But, the most common errors with these two Spanish verbs aren't related to word choice but how we should use these two Spanish verbs in a sentence.

In this video you'll learn:
- The differences between saber vs conocer
- The meaning of saber and how it use it in a sentence
- The meaning of conocer and how it use it in a sentence
- The similarities between saber vs conocer
- The most common errors that students make with these verbs

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[realfastspanish]

How else can we use saber and conocer in a Spanish sentence?

[petrosstefanidis]

Wow! It's the first time I see a teacher picking clips from native speakers. That's brilliant! Really helpful, thank you.

[rassabossa]

I absolutely love the professionalism of this video, esp. the way you mix in movies/TV.

[ytb]

Dude's a straight shooter!! He wastes no time, straight to the point!

[fakeye]

Thank you. I speak fluent Spanish but I’m always learning and really enjoy your videos

[RafaAkd]

Your videos are great. As a native speaker I enjoy them a lot! It’s also helpful for helping my daughter to think in Spanish as she’s starting to translate from English when talking to us (we’re from Venezuela bur she was born in the US where we live now). Also, I’ve always thought “Yo qué sé” ad “What I know? or “Why would I know?”

[simonedens]

Muchas gracias. Otra vez, un vídeo excelente. Cometí un error durante una tutoría ayer (soy estudiante de español intermedio en la Open University del Reino Unido). Dije a mi compañero “¿Conoces que hay una isla….?” En cuanto la había dicho me di cuenta que debería haber utilizado el verbo saber. Por lo que, he visto tu vídeo para revisar los conceptos y lo encontré muy útil. Te agradezco de nuevo. 🙏

[mjperfume]

Andrew i find these lesson muy easy, its not to hard to recordar este leccion, except the personal a🤗👍👍👍👍

[mojojojoe]

i'm glad you asked for comments on what we didn't understand or I wouldn't have asked.

at 11:22: "como cuando nos conocimos" you said that translates to "when we first met" but didn't explain how can that be when the word "primero" or similar isn't present

[aimeedeemter]

Realmente me gustó cómo usaste ejemplos de la vida real por medio de videoclips, Andrew!
No he visto en ninguna otra explicación de video así. Tu pronunciación es muy buena pero es muy útil escuchar la pronunciación de hablantes nativos!

[albertopatrocinio]

I'll follow you professor where ever you are.

[angelaanderson]

Thank you so much for using the film clips. Massively helps with listening, recognition and identifying words/phrases in 'real' speaking situations. :)

[dismaldunc]

you really are a splendid teacher, I like to pause the vid when you set up a sentance and see if i can work it out, also love the clips, they illustrate your points really well. thanks a lot !

[OreoMonstar]

wow! must've taken a real long while to compile all these relevant clips. really appreciate it =)

[AnabelCassidy]

Thank you for your videos. The "speaks in foreign language" caption is on all the videos here where the translation is and i cannot write any of the information down.

[barbaraeddies]

Hello, I find your lessons very informative and most useful. Thank you for making my learning easier. Just have noticed that when presenting forms of different verbs the vosotros illustration-examples seem to be omitted .I wonder if the reason behind it is maybe that the plural verb form for you is not widely used or is it anything else. Kind regards, Barbara

[brandonjcollins]

I have just found you on YouTube and absolutely love your videos. They are very well done and really helping me with my Spanish.. ¡Muchas Gracias!

[PatriciaBees]

I love your videos so much, i absolutely love the examples of the tv shows and movies in spanish that relate to the lesson it makes it so much more fun and easy to catch gracias por eso.

[monkeyfeeders]

That was fantastic!!! I can’t find link for letter. Also I am beginner and tried to use “ conecer “ when I said to a person “ te conozco “ I thought I was saying “ I know you or I am familiar with you “ cause we had met years ago. Did I say the right thing?

[AeliosArt]

Really like how these videos are put together. Very clear, great examples, etc. Thanks a bunch!