Sept verbes supplémentaires : savoir, connaître, vouloir…

¡Hola, bienvenidos! Welcome back to Spanish for Beginners. This is lesson ten of course one. As always, I'm your teacher, Isabella. Let's get started.

Let's begin by reviewing the verbs from the previous lesson. Repeat after me : ser, estar, tener, ir, poder, hablar, ver. Muy bien.

So today we're continuing learning more important verbs. I've got seven more for you today. Let's get into them.

"Saber". Saber. Saber. This is "to know". Saber.

"Conocer". Conocer. Conocer. This is also "to know". The difference between "conocer" and "saber" is that "saber" is something concrete that you know, like a fact. "Conocer" is more like "to be familiar with". I am familiar with the person : I haven't met them, but I'm familiar with them. Or you can be familiar with a subject. You might not be an expert in biology, but you're familiar with it. "Conocer" can also mean "to meet somebody". But if you know something for sure, then it's "saber".

Moving on. "Poner". Poner. Poner. "To put". Poner.

"Decir". Decir. Decir. "To say". Decir.

"Querer". Querer. Querer. "To want". Querer.

"Dar". Dar. Dar. "To give". Dar.

"Comer". Comer. Comer. "To eat". Comer.

All right, let's review how to conjugate a verb. Remember, this is just if they are regular ; there are many irregular verbs in Spanish. For the -AR form : o, as, a, amos, áis, an. Yo, tú, él / ella / usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos / ellas / ustedes. O, as, a, amos, áis, an. I know it's probably annoying to hear me say it over and over, but I promise it's the best way to remember it.

This is how we conjugate "dar", which is irregular, but it's only irregular in the yo form. So it's not "do", it's "doy". Doy, das, da, damos, dais, dan. Yo doy, tú das, ella da, nosotros damos, vosotros dais, ellos dan. Muy bien.

Now to the -ER / -IR verbs : that was our only -AR (dar). This is very similar, but the A changes to an E. O, es, e, emos, éis, en. O, es, e, emos, éis, en. Muy bien.

Let's look at the -ER / -IR. "Saber", like "dar", is irregular only in the yo form : "yo sé". Tú sabes. Él sabe. Nosotros sabemos. Vosotros sabéis. Ellos saben. Maybe you'll notice that, like with "dar", it is only irregular in the yo form, the rest are all regular. I wish I could tell you that there's a pattern for when a verb is only irregular in the yo form, but unfortunately there isn't. It's just something you have to memorize. It's probably one of the most difficult things to learn for English speakers when they are learning Spanish.

"Conocer" is also irregular but only in the yo form, so it's "yo conozco". Yo conozco. Tú conoces. Él / Ella conoce. Nosotros conocemos. Vosotros conocéis. Ellos conocen. Muy bien.

"Poner" : another irregular only in the yo form. Yo pongo. Tú pones. Él pone. Nosotros ponemos. Vosotros ponéis. Ellos ponen. Muy bien.

Next one. "Decir" : irregular but only in the yo form. Yo digo. Tú dices. Usted dice. Él dice. Nosotros decimos. Vosotros decís. Ellos / Ellas dicen. Muy bien.

"Querer" is also irregular, but it's irregular in four forms : yo, tú, él / ella / usted, and ellos. In nosotros and vosotros, it's regular. Finally, one that's not only irregular in the yo form. "Querer" conjugates to : yo quiero. Tú quieres. Ella quiere. Nosotros queremos. Vosotros queréis. Ustedes quieren. Muy bien.

"Comer" : it is regular, the only fully regular verb for today, so this one's very easy. Yo como. Tú comes. Él come. Nosotros comemos. Vosotros coméis. Ellos comen. Muy bien.

Let's do a practice. I have a few phrases here using our vocabulary words. What I would like you to do is translate them. Don't worry about using the "tú" or the "nosotros" : you don't have to write the pronoun, you just have to write the conjugated verb. For example, you wouldn't have to write "tú dices", you could just write "dices", because when you speak Spanish, you don't have to say the pronoun. The conjugation already makes it clear which form you're using.

How did you do? Let's check. "I know" → sé. (One exception : generally, if you're just saying "I know" in Spanish, like "oh yeah, I know, I know", everyone says "yo sé". So this is one exception, but if you wrote just "sé", it's totally fine.) "He says" → dice. "They want" → quieren. "You know" (conocer) → conoces. "We eat" → comemos. "She gives" → da. "I put" → pongo.

Muy bien. Let's do another one. Go ahead and pause the video. How did you do? "They know" (saber) → saben. "Y'all say" → decís. "I want" → quiero. "We know" (conocer) → conocemos. "You eat" → comes. "I give" → doy. "She puts" → pone.

How did you do? If you got them all correct, great job. If you didn't, don't worry. Since almost all of these are irregular, it takes some time to learn them. The best way to learn how to use them is to just practice them over and over again. The more you use them, the more natural it's going to be to conjugate them correctly in your head.

All right, let's review the words before we go. Repeat after me. Saber. Conocer. Poner. Decir. Querer. Dar. Comer. Muy bien.

¡Felicidades! Congratulations, you made it through another lesson. We have got so many more coming. You're going to learn a ton. So I will see you in the next lesson. Hasta luego.