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connoistre
connoistre
Old French
Verb
connoistre
- Alternative form of conoistre
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
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Mais il ne me connoistra pas.
- But he won't know me.
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Mais il ne me connoistra pas.
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of connoistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | connoistre | avoir conneü | |||||
| gerund | en connoissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | connoissant | ||||||
| past participle | conneü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | connois | connois | connoist | connoissons | connoissiez | connoissent |
| imperfect | connoissoie, connoisseie | connoissoies, connoisseies | connoissoit, connoisseit | connoissiiens, connoissiens | connoissiiez, connoissiez | connoissoient, connoisseient | |
| preterite | connui | conneüs | connut | conneümes | conneüstes | connurent | |
| future | connoistrai | connoistras | connoistra | connoistrons | connoistroiz, connoistreiz, connoistrez | connoistront | |
| conditional | connoistroie, connoistreie | connoistroies, connoistreies | connoistroit, connoistreit | connoistriiens, connoistriens | connoistriiez, connoistriez | connoistroient, connoistreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | connoisse | connoisses | connoisse | connoissiens, connoissons | connoissiez | connoissent |
| imperfect | conneüsse | conneüsses | conneüst | conneüssons, conneüssiens | conneüssoiz, conneüssez, conneüssiez | conneüssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | connois | — | connoissons | connoissiez | — | ||