Question
"¿_____ Uds. jugar ajedrez?" "No, pero sabemos jugar damas."
a. Saben
b. Sabe
c. Sabes
d. Conocen
"_______ you to play chess?" "No, but I know how to play checkers."
can you tell me how each of the answer choices is used?
a. Saben
b. Sabe
c. Sabes
d. Conocen
"_______ you to play chess?" "No, but I know how to play checkers."
can you tell me how each of the answer choices is used?
Answers
GuruBlue
Saben... is they know
Sabe....he she or it know
Sabes... is the tu form of you.
Conocen...is the they form also...but does not mean to understand.
Sabe....he she or it know
Sabes... is the tu form of you.
Conocen...is the they form also...but does not mean to understand.
mysterychicken
sabes?
y912f
y912f
GuruBlue
What is Uds? the abbreviation for?
y912f
you (formal) plural
GuruBlue
right!!!! now which of those verbs is the only one that can go with that?
SraJMcGin
If you know how to conjugate ANY regular verb, you should know! Here is the verb saber. Memorize it and use it as a "pattern" except the yo form is irregular.
yo sé = I know, do know, am knowing
tú sabes = you, singular familiar
él/ella/Usted(Ud./Vd.) sabe
nosotros/nosotras sabemos
vosotros/vosotras sabéis
ellos/ellas/Ustedes(Uds./Vds.) saben
For the abbreviation for usted (you, singular, formal = you) and ustedes (you, plural, formal = you all) the original expression was "Vuestra Merced" (your Grace) so the first abbreviation was Vd., picking up the first and the last letter of the expression. Later, it was modernized to Ud. but you might still see the other abbreviation in literature, etc.
Sra
yo sé = I know, do know, am knowing
tú sabes = you, singular familiar
él/ella/Usted(Ud./Vd.) sabe
nosotros/nosotras sabemos
vosotros/vosotras sabéis
ellos/ellas/Ustedes(Uds./Vds.) saben
For the abbreviation for usted (you, singular, formal = you) and ustedes (you, plural, formal = you all) the original expression was "Vuestra Merced" (your Grace) so the first abbreviation was Vd., picking up the first and the last letter of the expression. Later, it was modernized to Ud. but you might still see the other abbreviation in literature, etc.
Sra