Understanding verbs: sapere
It has been a while since we updated our Grammatica Centrale. In honor of our theme this week (April 9, 2017-April 15, 2017), we are focusing on expressions that involve the verb sapere. Sapere is irregular in the present tense:
Sapere means to know something, in the sense of knowing a fact.
Be careful not to confuse sapere with the verb conoscere, which means to know in the sense of being acquainted or familiar with a person or thing.
Sapere is also irregular in the passato remoto:
In Italian, when you want to say I don’t know, you say:
Non lo so.
I don’t know.