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I'm Timothy, and this is Learncraft Spanish.

Today we're going to learn the Spanish verb,

Conocer, which literally means to be acquainted.

This verb tends to take direct objects.

So, for example, I want to be acquainted with him.

In that example, if you compare the English and the Spanish, there's really no similarity at all

because the literal translation of the Spanish is basically him I want to acquaint.

There are some other ways that we are likely to translate lo quiro connocer into English.

Either I want to meet him or I want to know him.

The thing is, the verb connocer can refer to either first meeting someone or the ongoing fact

of knowing someone or the general idea of being acquainted.

So here's another example.

She's from your hometown.

You must know her.

Of course, we previously learned that the verb

Saber means to know.

But Saber is only used in factual knowledge.

Conocer is used to refer to knowing someone in terms of being acquainted with them.

Here's another example.

I want to know your friend.

In this example, it's clear that when we say to know,

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