connaître
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Inherited from Old French conoistre, from Late Latin conōscere, from Latin cognōscere.
connaître
In the sense of "to know something to be true", the verb savoir is used.
This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the 'i' is given a circumflex before a 't'.
infinitive | simple | connaître | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | connaissant /kɔ.nɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | connu /kɔ.ny/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | connais /kɔ.nɛ/ |
connais /kɔ.nɛ/ |
connaît /kɔ.nɛ/ |
connaissons /kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.sɔ̃/ |
connaissez /kɔ.nɛ.se/ or /kɔ.ne.se/ |
connaissent /kɔ.nɛs/ |
imperfect | connaissais /kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
connaissais /kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
connaissait /kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
connaissions /kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.sjɔ̃/ |
connaissiez /kɔ.nɛ.sje/ or /kɔ.ne.sje/ |
connaissaient /kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | connus /kɔ.ny/ |
connus /kɔ.ny/ |
connut /kɔ.ny/ |
connûmes /kɔ.nym/ |
connûtes /kɔ.nyt/ |
connurent /kɔ.nyʁ/ | |
future | connaîtrai /kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁe/ |
connaîtras /kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁa/ |
connaîtra /kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁa/ |
connaîtrons /kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/ |
connaîtrez /kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁe/ |
connaîtront /kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | connaîtrais /kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
connaîtrais /kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
connaîtrait /kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
connaîtrions /kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
connaîtriez /kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁi.je/ |
connaîtraient /kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | connaisse /kɔ.nɛs/ |
connaisses /kɔ.nɛs/ |
connaisse /kɔ.nɛs/ |
connaissions /kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.sjɔ̃/ |
connaissiez /kɔ.nɛ.sje/ or /kɔ.ne.sje/ |
connaissent /kɔ.nɛs/ |
imperfect2 | connusse /kɔ.nys/ |
connusses /kɔ.nys/ |
connût /kɔ.ny/ |
connussions /kɔ.ny.sjɔ̃/ |
connussiez /kɔ.ny.sje/ |
connussent /kɔ.nys/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | connais /kɔ.nɛ/ |
— | connaissons /kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.sɔ̃/ |
connaissez /kɔ.nɛ.se/ or /kɔ.ne.se/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the 'i' is given a circumflex before a 't'.
infinitive | simple | se connaître | |||||
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compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | se connaissant /sə kɔ.nɛ.sɑ̃/ or /sə kɔ.ne.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | connu /kɔ.ny/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me connais /mə kɔ.nɛ/ |
te connais /tə kɔ.nɛ/ |
se connaît /sə kɔ.nɛ/ |
nous connaissons /nu kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /nu kɔ.ne.sɔ̃/ |
vous connaissez /vu kɔ.nɛ.se/ or /vu kɔ.ne.se/ |
se connaissent /sə kɔ.nɛs/ |
imperfect | me connaissais /mə kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /mə kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
te connaissais /tə kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /tə kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
se connaissait /sə kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /sə kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
nous connaissions /nu kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu kɔ.ne.sjɔ̃/ |
vous connaissiez /vu kɔ.nɛ.sje/ or /vu kɔ.ne.sje/ |
se connaissaient /sə kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /sə kɔ.ne.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | me connus /mə kɔ.ny/ |
te connus /tə kɔ.ny/ |
se connut /sə kɔ.ny/ |
nous connûmes /nu kɔ.nym/ |
vous connûtes /vu kɔ.nyt/ |
se connurent /sə kɔ.nyʁ/ | |
future | me connaîtrai /mə kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /mə kɔ.ne.tʁe/ |
te connaîtras /tə kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /tə kɔ.ne.tʁa/ |
se connaîtra /sə kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /sə kɔ.ne.tʁa/ |
nous connaîtrons /nu kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /nu kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/ |
vous connaîtrez /vu kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /vu kɔ.ne.tʁe/ |
se connaîtront /sə kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /sə kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | me connaîtrais /mə kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /mə kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
te connaîtrais /tə kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /tə kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
se connaîtrait /sə kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /sə kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
nous connaîtrions /nu kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /nu kɔ.ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vous connaîtriez /vu kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /vu kɔ.ne.tʁi.je/ |
se connaîtraient /sə kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /sə kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me connaisse /mə kɔ.nɛs/ |
te connaisses /tə kɔ.nɛs/ |
se connaisse /sə kɔ.nɛs/ |
nous connaissions /nu kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu kɔ.ne.sjɔ̃/ |
vous connaissiez /vu kɔ.nɛ.sje/ or /vu kɔ.ne.sje/ |
se connaissent /sə kɔ.nɛs/ |
imperfect2 | me connusse /mə kɔ.nys/ |
te connusses /tə kɔ.nys/ |
se connût /sə kɔ.ny/ |
nous connussions /nu kɔ.ny.sjɔ̃/ |
vous connussiez /vu kɔ.ny.sje/ |
se connussent /sə kɔ.nys/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | connais-toi /kɔ.nɛ.twa/ |
— | connaissons-nous /kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃.nu/ or /kɔ.ne.sɔ̃.nu/ |
connaissez-vous /kɔ.nɛ.se.vu/ or /kɔ.ne.se.vu/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
From Old French conoistre, from Late Latin conōscere, from Latin cognōscere.
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