I don't understand why they would have the command "Don't know!". Can anyone name an example of when you would use this? Remeber you are talking to a high school student here.
2007-02-14 08:20:26 · 9 answers · asked by Luekas 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I am a native speaker and it sounds as strange to me as it does to you. Why would anyone order somebody not to know something? if you need an example you could say:
" No sepas eso". ("Don't know that!"). Maybe if you use your imagination you can think of a situation in which a person could say this to another.
However, "no sepas" could be used in other kinds of sentences that are not commands, like if you say, "Espero que no sepas lo que pasó" (I hope you do not kow what happened). In this case, the verb tense is called subjunctive.
2007-02-14 08:43:57 · answer #1 · answered by wm_h2002 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No sepas is not correct, it would be no sabes and it's not a command but it just means what it means in english; you don't know. Where do you get that from? If that's what they're teaching you in a spanish class, the teacher doesn't know how to speak spanish correctly.
2007-02-14 08:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by strawberry 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
1. With saber, you would only use the imperative as an affirmative "se" as in, for example "se que mañana es día feriado aquí", though the subjunctive "que sepas que ..." would be more usual, I believe.
2. It sounds like your teacher needs to take an objective look at what s/he is teaching. It can be easy to fall into the trap of teaching grammar in the classroom, which has no sense in reality. Some years ago, I taught in an English language school in Venezuela. A fellow teacher taught her students the present continuous, as it is used to describe something currently happening (I know it can also be used to refer to the future, but not in this case). Much to my amusement, she wrote up the verb to sleep on the board (I, you she/he etc.). I resisted the temptation to ask her about when she thought her students might use "I am sleeping", "you are sleeping" and "we are sleeping".
2007-02-14 08:37:53 · answer #3 · answered by ♫ Rum Rhythms ♫ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This staggering verb is likely one in all the main verbs used in the Spanish language. As you spot under, IR is likewise prevalent mutually with different verbs, usually utilising the development of "ir + a + an infinitive verb".
2016-09-29 03:03:39 · answer #4 · answered by carol 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't think that would be a command. You can't really tell someone to not know something. I learned about comands too a while ago and I think all you would have to say is
"No sabes"
2007-02-14 08:31:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No sepas can not be used as a command.
The only way you can use it is as wm_h202 said.
And, no sabes is simpli "you don´t know"
2007-02-14 09:32:57 · answer #6 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In Spanish we don't use that. Therefore the answer is NEVER
2007-02-14 10:27:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mother tongue is Spanish, I've lived all my life in Mexico and never heard of it.
2007-02-14 08:36:38 · answer #8 · answered by Ms. Pelled Babby Schmidt 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You could easly use it when you someone asks you a question such as....
" Where is your sister Sarah!? "
You would say " I don't know "
and they would say " you dont know " ( No Sabes )
It's just like saying "You dont know? " or " they don't know" or she doesnt know..... ect.
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2007-02-14 08:40:50 · answer #9 · answered by It's Just me.... Kiwi :) 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋