знавать

Russian

знать (znatʹ) +‎ -ва́ть (-vátʹ)

знава́ть • (znavátʹ) impf

(colloquial, usually negative) to experience (joy, grief, defeat, rest, etc.) (repeatedly or frequently); iterative of знать (znatʹ)

This is an iterative verb, and in standard language is conjugated only in the infinitive and the past tense.

Conjugation of знава́ть (class 1a imperfective transitive iterative)

Note: For declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
imperfective aspect
infinitive	знава́ть znavátʹ
participles	present tense	past tense
active	—	знава́вший znavávšij
passive	—	—
adverbial	—	знава́в znaváv, знава́вши znavávši
	present tense	future tense
1st singular (я)	—	—
2nd singular (ты)	—	—
3rd singular (он/она́/оно́)	—	—
1st plural (мы)	—	—
2nd plural (вы)	—	—
3rd plural (они́)	—	—
imperative	singular	plural
	—	—
past tense	singular	plural (мы/вы/они́)
masculine (я/ты/он)	знава́л znavál	знава́ли znaváli
feminine (я/ты/она́)	знава́ла znavála
neuter (оно́)	знава́ло znaválo