TOPICS: SABER/CONOCER AND YO-GO VERBS Essential questions: How do I say whom and what I know? How do I use some other irregular verbs?

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1 TOPICS: SABER/CONOCER AND YO-GO VERBS Essential questions: How do I say whom and what I know? How do I use some other irregular verbs?

2 Saber and Conocer- “to know”  Saber: sé sabes sabe sabemos saben Conocer: conozco conoces conoce conocemos conocen

3 Conocer  Conocer means “to know,” “to meet” or “to be familiar with”  Knowing people (Conocer a _____)  Knowing specific places  Knowing or being familiar with things or ideas  Examples  Yo no conozco a Shakira. I don’t know Shakira.  Quiero conocer a Shakira. I want to MEET Shakira.  ¿Conoces Phoenix? Are you familiar with Phoenix?  Yo conozco muy bien la escuela. I know the school really well.

4 Saber  Saber means “to know” or “to know how to…  It is used for knowing information…or any other knowing that doesn’t apply to Conocer.  Saber + infinitive verb = knowing how to do something  Examples:  Yo no sé cómo te llamas. I don’t know what your name is.  ¿Sabes hablar español? Do you know how to speak Spanish?  ¿Qué no sabes hacer bien? What don’t you know how to do well?  Sabemos que la clase es fácil. We know that the class is easy.

5 Extra Information:  Personal “a”….  You say and write the word “a” after the conjugated form of conocer when you know a person.  “como” means “how to” (Cómo…means How?)  “que” means “that” (qué…means What?)

6 Try it…  Say the following to your group:  (one each)  1. I know how to play…..  2. I know the capital of Arizona…  3. I know that Sponge Bob is yellow.  4. I know of President Obama.

7 YO-GO verbs  Yo-go verbs are another type of irregular verb.  In the “yo” form, it will end in “-go”  You already know tener…Yo tengo.  These verbs will sometimes be another type of irregular

8 YO-GO verbs  Here they are…Write ALL OF THEM  Tener (to have): tengo, tienes, tiene, tenemos, tienen  Hacer (to do, make): hago, haces, hace, hacemos, hacen  Poner (to put): pongo, pones, pone, ponemos, ponen  Salir (to leave): salgo, sales, sale, salimos, salen  Venir (to come-also stem-changing): vengo, vienes, viene, venimos, vienen  Traer (to bring): traigo, traes, trae, traemos, traen  Decir (to say/tell; stem-changing): digo, dices, dice, decimos, dicen  Oír (to hear…very irregular): oigo, oyes, oye, oímos, oyen