sapere

sapere

"To know" (facts or how to do something).

In this sentence, 'sapere' is used to express one's knowledge or ability to do something. It's conjugated in the first person singular, 'so'.

So cucinare molto bene.

I know how to cook very well.

Here, 'sapere' is used to inquire about knowledge of a fact or information. It's conjugated in the second person singular, 'sai'.

Sai dov'è la stazione?

Do you know where the station is?

In this example, 'sapere' is used in the past tense to indicate that the speaker did not have certain information in the past. It's conjugated in the first person singular imperfect tense, 'sapevo'.

Non sapevo che lui fosse qui.

I didn't know that he was here.