Kilo Lingo

/kɔnɛtʁ/

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Translation

to know (a person or place), to be familiar with

Word origin

From Latin cognoscere ('to get to know, recognise'), from co- ('together') and gnoscere, an older form of noscere ('to know'), via Old French conoistre.

Origin
Latin
Root
cognoscere
English cognates
cognition, recognise, notice

Grammar

Verb type-re irregular (3rd group)

Conjugation

Regular french-irregular conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jeconnaisconnaissaisconnusconnaîtraiconnaîtrais
tuconnaisconnaissaisconnusconnaîtrasconnaîtrais
il/elleconnaîtconnaissaitconnutconnaîtraconnaîtrait
nousconnaissonsconnaissionsconnûmesconnaîtronsconnaîtrions
vousconnaissezconnaissiezconnûtesconnaîtrezconnaîtriez
ils/ellesconnaissentconnaissaientconnurentconnaîtrontconnaîtraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jeconnaisseconnusse
tuconnaissesconnusses
il/elleconnaisseconnût
nousconnaissionsconnussions
vousconnaissiezconnussiez
ils/ellesconnaissentconnussent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
tuconnais
nousconnaissons
vousconnaissez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
connaissant
Past participle
connu · connue · connus · connues

Examples

.

We know this part of Paris well.

?

Do you know the new head of the office?

l'enfance.

We have known each other since childhood.

.

Everyone in the village knows this song by heart.

période .

The country went through a difficult period after the war.

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