Learn Spanish (Spain): No sé dónde está el sitio. - I do not know where the place is.

No sé dónde está el sitio.

I do not know where the place is.

Breakdown of No sé dónde está el sitio.

to be (location/state)

saber

to know (facts, information)

Questions & Answers about No sé dónde está el sitio.

Why do we use sé instead of conozco to say I don't know?

Sé comes from saber, which is used for knowing facts or pieces of information. Because you are talking about the fact of where something is, you use saber. You would use conocer if you wanted to say you are personally familiar with the place itself.

Why is there an accent mark on dónde if this is a statement and not a question?

This sentence contains an indirect question. You are stating that you don't know the answer to the unspoken question Where is it?. Question words like dónde, qué, and quién always keep their accent marks when used in indirect questions like this.

Why do we use está here instead of es?

Está is a form of the verb estar. In Spanish, you must always use estar to talk about the physical location of a place, person, or thing, even if that location is permanent and never changes.

Why is the word order está el sitio instead of el sitio está?

In Spanish questions and indirect questions, the verb usually comes right after the question word. So, the verb está goes before the subject el sitio. Saying dónde el sitio está sounds unnatural to a native Spanish speaker.