Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb connaître

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb connaître, along with their English translations.

connaître is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je connus	I was acquainted with
tu connus	you were acquainted with
il connut	he was acquainted with
elle connut	she was acquainted with
nous connûmes	we were acquainted with
vous connûtes	you were acquainted with
ils connurent	they were acquainted with
elles connurent	they were acquainted with

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