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Conjugation of the French verb connaître

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb connaître, along with their English translations.

connaître is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
connaître	to be acquainted with

Present		Scored
je connais	I am acquainted with
tu connais	you are acquainted with
il connaît	he is acquainted with
elle connaît	she is acquainted with
nous connaissons	we are acquainted with
vous connaissez	you are acquainted with
ils connaissent	they are acquainted with
elles connaissent	they are acquainted with

Imperfect		Scored
je connaissais	I was being acquainted with
tu connaissais	you were being acquainted with
il connaissait	he was being acquainted with
elle connaissait	she was being acquainted with
nous connaissions	we were being acquainted with
vous connaissiez	you were being acquainted with
ils connaissaient	they were being acquainted with
elles connaissaient	they 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 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

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai connu	I was acquainted with
tu as connu	you were acquainted with
il a connu	he was acquainted with
elle a connu	she was acquainted with
nous avons connu	we were acquainted with
vous avez connu	you were acquainted with
ils ont connu	they were acquainted with
elles ont connu	they were acquainted with

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais connu	I had been acquainted with
tu avais connu	you had been acquainted with
il avait connu	he had been acquainted with
elle avait connu	she had been acquainted with
nous avions connu	we had been acquainted with
vous aviez connu	you had been acquainted with
ils avaient connu	they had been acquainted with
elles avaient connu	they had been acquainted with

Future		Scored
je connaîtrai	I will be acquainted with
tu connaîtras	you will be acquainted with
il connaîtra	he will be acquainted with
elle connaîtra	she will be acquainted with
nous connaîtrons	we will be acquainted with
vous connaîtrez	you will be acquainted with
ils connaîtront	they will be acquainted with
elles connaîtront	they will be acquainted with

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai connu	I will have been acquainted with
tu auras connu	you will have been acquainted with
il aura connu	he will have been acquainted with
elle aura connu	she will have been acquainted with
nous aurons connu	we will have been acquainted with
vous aurez connu	you will have been acquainted with
ils auront connu	they will have been acquainted with
elles auront connu	they will have been acquainted with

Conditional		Scored
je connaîtrais	I would be acquainted with
tu connaîtrais	you would be acquainted with
il connaîtrait	he would be acquainted with
elle connaîtrait	she would be acquainted with
nous connaîtrions	we would be acquainted with
vous connaîtriez	you would be acquainted with
ils connaîtraient	they would be acquainted with
elles connaîtraient	they would be acquainted with

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais connu	I would have been acquainted with
tu aurais connu	you would have been acquainted with
il aurait connu	he would have been acquainted with
elle aurait connu	she would have been acquainted with
nous aurions connu	we would have been acquainted with
vous auriez connu	you would have been acquainted with
ils auraient connu	they would have been acquainted with
elles auraient connu	they would have been acquainted with

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je connaisse	(... that) I am acquainted with
(... que) tu connaisses	(... that) you are acquainted with
(... que) il connaisse	(... that) he is acquainted with
(... que) elle connaisse	(... that) she is acquainted with
(... que) nous connaissions	(... that) we are acquainted with
(... que) vous connaissiez	(... that) you are acquainted with
(... que) ils connaissent	(... that) they are acquainted with
(... que) elles connaissent	(... that) they are acquainted with

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je connusse	(... that) I was being acquainted with
(... que) tu connusses	(... that) you were being acquainted with
(... que) il connût	(... that) he was being acquainted with
(... que) elle connût	(... that) she was being acquainted with
(... que) nous connussions	(... that) we were being acquainted with
(... que) vous connussiez	(... that) you were being acquainted with
(... que) ils connussent	(... that) they were being acquainted with
(... que) elles connussent	(... that) they were being acquainted with

Imperative		Scored
connais	Be acquainted with
connaissons	Let's be acquainted with
connaissez	Be acquainted with

Present Participle		Scored
connaissant	is being acquainted with

Past Participle		Scored
connu	been acquainted with

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