En una fiesta de cumpleaños: modals, direct object pronouns in 2-verb structures

The modal verbs 'querer', 'poder', 'deber' and 'tener que' are followed by an infinitive verb. In 2-verb structures, direct object pronouns can go before the conjugated verb and attached to the infinitive. When using verbs in the negative form with direct object pronouns, the 'no' needs to go before the object pronoun. [z] sounds like 'zapato' and [co] sounds like 'coche'. Pay attention to these two key sounds in words like 'conozco'. The translation for 'saber’ + infinitive is ‘can’, meaning ‘to know how to’ do something.