tú no sabes lo que es

you don't know what it's like

→ tú

phrase Rare #42,190

you don't know what it's like Often introduces an experience the speaker believes the listener has never had.

SP: Tú no sabes lo que es vivir lejos de tu familia.

EN: You don't know what it's like to live far from your family.

You don't know what that is.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

You don't know what it's like to be poor.

Mom, you don’t know what it’s like to have killed your father.

— Volver (2006)

You don't know what that is, do you?

— Los cuatrocientos golpes (1959)

You don't know what it's like to lose your entire family in a war.