a. Sabes

b. Conoces

1. Correct Answer: a. Sabes (saber)

  ¿Sabes quién es el presidente de Argentina?

Do you know who the president of Argentina is?

REASON: The Spanish verb saber is used to describe having knowledge of facts. 

2.  Correct Answer: b. conocí (conocer)

Ayer conocí a mi profesor nuevo. 

Yesterday I met my new teacher. 

REASON: The verb conocer is used to talk about "knowing" people. As you can see in this example, its meaning changes in the preterite tense from "to know" to "to meet."

3. Correct Answer: a. supe (saber)

Ayer supe que mi amiga se va a casar.

Yesterday I found out that my [female] friend is going to get married. 

REASON: The verb saber is used to talk about "knowing" information. Its meaning also changes in the preterite from "to know" to "to find out." Let's look at a similar example:

Igual, lo importante es que supimos que estás buscando grupo

Anyway, the important thing is that we found out that you are looking for a group

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4. Correct Answer: b. Conoces (conocer)

¿Conoces Colombia?

Have you been to Colombia?

REASON: The Spanish verb conocer is employed to express familiarity with a place in the sense of "having been" there. 

5. Correct Answer: a. sabe (saber)

Juan sabe esquíar muy bien. 

Juan knows how to ski very well. 

REASON: The verb saber plus an infinitive verb describes "knowing how" to do some action, or possessing some skill. 

6. Correct Answer: b. conocemos (conocer)

 Nos conocemos hace veinte años. 

We've known each other for twenty years. 

REASON: This is another example of the use of the verb conocer to talk about "knowing" people.

7. Correct Answer: b. conozco (conocer)

Yo no conozco esa película.

I'm not familiar with that movie.

REASON: Conocer in Spanish can refer to "being familiar with" things.

8. Correct Answer: a. Sabías (saber) 

¿Sabías que las ballenas azules antárcticas son las mamíferas más grandes del mundo?

Did you know that Antarctic blue whales are the largest mammals in the world?

REASON: To talk about "knowing" facts, choose the verb saber, which we see in the imperfect tense in this caption. 

9. Correct Answer: a. saber

¿Saben ustedes a qué hora empieza el show?

Do you guys know what time the show starts?

REASON: Saber is used here to speak about "knowing" information. 

10. Correct Answer: a. saber (saber)

Tenemos que saber buscar balance en la vida.

We have to know how to seek balance in life. 

REASON: This is another example of the verb saber + infinitive to talk about a skill or ability. Let's see another example of this use from Yabla's video library:

That's all for this quiz on the Spanish verbs saber vs. conocer. We hope you did well, and please don't forget to write us with your questions and comments!

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