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conoistre
conoistre
Old French
Verb
conoistre
- to know
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
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Ke charnelment od li ne jut,
Ne charnelment ne la conut- The physically he didn't lie with her
And physically, he didn't know her
- The physically he didn't lie with her
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Ke charnelment od li ne jut,
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- to recognize
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 conoistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | conoistre | avoir coneü | |||||
| gerund | en conoissant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | conoissant | ||||||
| past participle | coneü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | conois | conois | conoist | conoissons | conoissiez | conoissent |
| imperfect | conoissoie, conoisseie | conoissoies, conoisseies | conoissoit, conoisseit | conoissiiens, conoissiens | conoissiiez, conoissiez | conoissoient, conoisseient | |
| preterite | conui | coneüs | conut | coneümes | coneüstes | conurent | |
| future | conoistrai | conoistras | conoistra | conoistrons | conoistroiz, conoistreiz, conoistrez | conoistront | |
| conditional | conoistroie, conoistreie | conoistroies, conoistreies | conoistroit, conoistreit | conoistriiens, conoistriens | conoistriiez, conoistriez | conoistroient, conoistreient | |
| 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 | conoisse | conoisses | conoisse | conoissiens, conoissons | conoissiez | conoissent |
| imperfect | coneüsse | coneüsses | coneüst | coneüssons, coneüssiens | coneüssoiz, coneüssez, coneüssiez | coneüssent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | conois | — | conoissons | conoissiez | — | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- French: connaître
- Norman: connaître (Jersey), counaîte (France, Guernsey)
- Walloon: kinoxhe, conoxhe, cnoxhe
References
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-09838-6, page 151