{"id":13905,"date":"2015-05-07T00:38:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T15:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=13905"},"modified":"2021-08-25T06:03:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:03:39","slug":"sapere-know-able-idioms-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/sapere-know-able-idioms-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Sapere VS Conoscere and Potere: to know, to be able &#038; idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sapere is a rather important verb.\u00a0Let&#8217;s see it together and learn some useful sentences. This time the webcast is\u00a0for everyone.<\/h1>\n<p>Ciao a tutti<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Sapere VS conoscere<\/h3>\n<p><em>Prima di tutto<\/em>, first and foremost, let&#8217;s have a look at the conjugations of the two verbs and listen to the correct pronunciation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both <em>sapere <\/em>and<em> conoscere<\/em>\u00a0translate as\u00a0&#8220;to know&#8221;. The difference is in the depth of knowledge and the object I know.<\/p>\n<p><!--sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-start \n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Conoscere means \"to know things\" in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>\n\n\n<h3>Conosco Michele.<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>\n\n\n<h3>Conosco un buon ristorante giapponese.<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>\n\n\n<h3>Non conosco Parigi.<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-end--><br \/>\n<!--sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-start \n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sapere means to be aware of, to know facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>\n\n\n<h3>So che ti sposi.<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>\n\n\n<h3>Non so dove abiti.<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>\n\n\n<h3>Sai quanto costa una Ferrari?<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n sc-shortcode-cleaner-clean-content-end--><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13905-1\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sap1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sap1.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sap1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">SAPERE AS MODAL VERB VS POTERE<\/h3>\n<p><em>Sapere <\/em>is a very important modal verb. A modal verb supports and describes a second verb and amplifies its meaning. In English, for example, \u00a0<em>I can swim<\/em> means that I am able to swim, I know how to do that, or that I am allowed to do that. &#8220;Can&#8221; is the modal verb, &#8220;to swim&#8221; is the main verb.<\/p>\n<p>In Italian, &#8220;Can&#8221; is translated with two different modal verbs:\u00a0<em>Potere<\/em> or <em>Sapere <\/em>(+ an infinitive verb). I can say:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>(io) so nuotare &#8211; I can swim, I learned as a child and I know how to do that.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>(io) posso nuotare &#8211; I can swim, I am allowed to or I&#8217;m in a condition to do that.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another example. Let&#8217;s suppose Carlo goes\u00a0out for dinner\u00a0and has a few glasses of Chianti. He needs to go back home. Now, he knows\u00a0how to drive (sa guidare) but tonight he can&#8217;t (non pu\u00f2), because he\u00a0had too much wine.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Carlo sa\u00a0guidare, ma stasera non pu\u00f2\u00a0perch\u00e9 ha bevuto.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13905-2\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sap2.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sap2.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sap2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">SAPERE IN CONVERSATIONAL ITALIAN<\/h2>\n<p>There are plenty of Italian set phrases coming with\u00a0the verb <em>sapere.<\/em> Below, a small,\u00a0personal selection and webcast.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Fammi sapere. &#8211; Let me know.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Sono venuto a sapere che &#8230;- I came to know that&#8230;<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Non ne voglio sapere. &#8211; I don&#8217;t want to\u00a0know.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Ti faccio sapere. &#8211; I&#8217;ll let you know.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Le faremo sapere. &#8211; We&#8217;ll let you know (formal)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Come faccio a saperlo? How would I know it?<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Mi sa che (il ristorante \u00e8 caro) &#8211; I have the feeling that&#8230;<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Non so se mi spiego. &#8211; Need I say more?<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Mario sa il fatto suo. -He knows his stuff<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13905-3\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sap3.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sap3.mp3\">https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sap3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening. Get in touch if you have questions. Alla prossima!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sapere is a rather important verb.\u00a0Let&#8217;s see it together and learn some useful sentences. This time the webcast is\u00a0for everyone. Ciao a tutti Sapere VS conoscere Prima di tutto, first and foremost, let&#8217;s have a look at the conjugations of the two verbs and listen to the correct pronunciation. &nbsp; Both sapere and conoscere\u00a0translate as\u00a0&#8220;to &#8230; <a title=\"Sapere VS Conoscere and Potere: to know, to be able &#038; idioms\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/sapere-know-able-idioms-podcast\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sapere VS Conoscere and Potere: to know, to be able &#038; idioms\">Read more \u226b<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10020,"featured_media":13906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1091,419,417,418],"class_list":["post-13905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lingua","tag-conversational-italian","tag-italian-modal-verbs","tag-sapere","tag-verbi-servili","no-featured-image-padding","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}