Conjugate saber in El Presente (present tense)

Posted by Ana Matilla
In: Level A1, Verbs Tenses & Conjugation, El Presente, Verbos irregulares en 1a persona (presente)
Questions: 6

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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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.

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

¿Sabes que ocurrió?
Do you know what happened?

Q&A

Laurie

Kwiziq community member

2 September 2018

5 replies

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

Gruff

Kwiziq language super star

3 September 2018

3/09/18

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

Laurie

Kwiziq community member

3 September 2018

3/09/18

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.  

Gruff

Kwiziq language super star

3 September 2018

3/09/18

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.

Tonya

Kwiziq community member

10 April 2019

10/04/19

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?

Stuart

Kwiziq community member

1 May 2019

1/05/19

That's right Tonya, yes :)

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