ITLN 010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Infinitive

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Italian Language and Literature
• Course: ITLN 010
• Professor: Elena Cecchetto

Document Summary

The verbs conoscere and sapere both correspond to the english verb to know, but they have different meanings. Conoscere means to know in the sense of to be acquainted with someone or something: Sapere means to know a fact, to have knowledge of something. When followed by an infinitive, it means to know how to do something: Sanno tutti i nomi degli studenti they know all the names of the students. Lo is commonly used with sapere to express the object of the verb: In passato prossimo, the verbs have a more precise meaning: conoscere means to meet, and sapere means to find out (to hear): Abbiamo conosciuto una signora molto simpatica dai guidotti we met a very nice woman at the guidottis". Ieri ho saputo che i mincuzzi sono partiti yesterday i found out (heard) that the.