In: Level A1, Verbs Tenses & Conjugation, El Presente, Verbos irregulares en 1a persona (presente)

Saber (to know) is irregular only in the yo form in El Presente:

yo	sé
tú	sabes
él / ella / usted	sabe
nosotros / nosotras	sabemos
vosotros / vosotras	sabéis
ellos / ellas / ustedes	saben

The endings for all the other forms are the same as regular -ER verbs: Verbos regulares -er (presente).

Look at and listen to these examples:

Yo sé más de lo que parece.
I know more than it seems.

¿Sabes que ocurrió?
Do you know what happened?

Ella sabe mucho de jardinería.
She knows a lot about gardening.

Nosotros sabemos hacer kitesurf.
We know how to kitesurf.

Vosotras no sabéis nada.
You do not know anything.

Ellos saben la solución.
They know the solution.

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El Presente

Verbos irregulares en 1a persona (presente)

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Ella sabe mucho de jardinería.
She knows a lot about gardening.

¿Sabes que ocurrió?
Do you know what happened?

Nosotros sabemos hacer kitesurf.
We know how to kitesurf.

Yo sé más de lo que parece.
I know more than it seems.

Ellos saben la solución.
They know the solution.

Vosotras no sabéis nada.
You do not know anything.

Q&A Forum 1 question, 5 answers

LaurieC1Kwiziq community member

How am I supposed to know whether or not you are using the ustedes or vosotros version of the verb??

Asked 1 year ago

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GruffKwiziq team member

Hi Laurie, what's the context? Do you mean in general, or is there a specific context that's confused you?

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LaurieC1Kwiziq community member

Sometimes in the tests it seems to me it could be in the ustedes form but the answer is in the vosotros form then I start to try guessing whether or not you're looking for the vosotros answer or the ustedes answer. I keep guessing wrong.

Like01 year ago

GruffKwiziq team member

We generally include hints to resolve any ambiguities of that sort, however if you do spot questions that you feel were ambiguous, there's a 'report a problem' next to each question in the test report to let us know so we can take a look.

Like01 year ago

TonyaA2Kwiziq community member

I think of vosotros/as as saying "y'all" or "you both" vs. ustedes as a formal version of you plural or they. Is this correct, in general?

Like08 months ago

StuartB2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

That's right Tonya, yes :)

Like07 months ago

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How am I supposed to know whether or not you are using the ustedes or vosotros version of the verb??

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How am I supposed to know whether or not you are using the ustedes or vosotros version of the verb??

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