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Past of the French verb connaître

The past tense conjugations for the French verb connaître, along with their English translations.

connaître is an irregular verb


Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
je connaissaisI was being acquainted with
tu connaissaisyou were being acquainted with
il connaissaithe was being acquainted with
elle connaissaitshe was being acquainted with
nous connaissionswe were being acquainted with
vous connaissiezyou were being acquainted with
ils connaissaientthey were being acquainted with
elles connaissaientthey were being acquainted with

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 connusI was acquainted with
tu connusyou were acquainted with
il connuthe was acquainted with
elle connutshe was acquainted with
nous connûmeswe were acquainted with
vous connûtesyou were acquainted with
ils connurentthey were acquainted with
elles connurentthey were acquainted with

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai connuI have been acquainted with
tu as connuyou have been acquainted with
il a connuhe has been acquainted with
elle a connushe has been acquainted with
nous avons connuwe have been acquainted with
vous avez connuyou have been acquainted with
ils ont connuthey have been acquainted with
elles ont connuthey have been acquainted with

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