connaitre

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See also: connaître

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.nɛtʁ/
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Verb

connaitre

  1. post-1990 spelling of connaître

Conjugation

This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs, that are all conjugated the same way. They are conjugated the same as the alternative spelling, which has a circumflex over the 'i', except that the circumflex is dropped here.

Conjugation of connaitre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple connaitre
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/ 		connait
/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 connaitrai
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁe/ 		connaitras
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁa/ 		connaitra
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁa/ 		connaitrons
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/ 		connaitrez
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁe/ 		connaitront
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/
conditional connaitrais
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ 		connaitrais
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ 		connaitrait
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ 		connaitrions
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		connaitriez
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁi.je/ 		connaitraient
/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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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