Todavía no sé situar ese país en el mapa.

I still don't know how to locate that country on the map.

Breakdown of Todavía no sé situar ese país en el mapa.

• yo: I
• ese: that
• en: on
• saber: to know

Questions & Answers about Todavía no sé situar ese país en el mapa.

What does todavía no add to the sentence?

Todavía no means still not or not yet.

So:

• No sé situar ese país en el mapa = I don’t know how to locate that country on the map
• Todavía no sé situar ese país en el mapa = I still don’t know how to locate that country on the map / I don’t know how to locate that country on the map yet

It gives the idea that this may change later: maybe the speaker expects to learn it eventually.

In many contexts, todavía no and aún no mean the same thing.

Why is it sé situar and not just sitúo or something similar?

Because saber + infinitive is a very common structure in Spanish for knowing how to do something.

So:

• Sé situar = I know how to locate / place
• No sé situar = I don’t know how to locate / place

This is different from simply using the verb situar by itself.

Compare:

• Sitúo ese país en el mapa = I place/locate that country on the map
• Sé situar ese país en el mapa = I know how to place/locate that country on the map

In this sentence, the point is not that the speaker is actively locating it right now, but that they lack the ability or knowledge to do so.