connoistre

Old French

Verb

connoistre

1. Alternative form of conoistre
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Mais il ne me connoistra pas.

     But he won't know me.

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 connoistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		connoistre			avoir conneü
gerund		en connoissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		connoissant
past participle		conneü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	connois	connois	connoist	connoissons	connoissiez	connoissent
	imperfect	connoissoie, connoisseie	connoissoies, connoisseies	connoissoit, connoisseit	connoissiiens, connoissiens	connoissiiez, connoissiez	connoissoient, connoisseient
	preterite	connui	conneüs	connut	conneümes	conneüstes	connurent
	future	connoistrai	connoistras	connoistra	connoistrons	connoistroiz, connoistreiz, connoistrez	connoistront
	conditional	connoistroie, connoistreie	connoistroies, connoistreies	connoistroit, connoistreit	connoistriiens, connoistriens	connoistriiez, connoistriez	connoistroient, connoistreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	connoisse	connoisses	connoisse	connoissiens, connoissons	connoissiez	connoissent
	imperfect	conneüsse	conneüsses	conneüst	conneüssons, conneüssiens	conneüssoiz, conneüssez, conneüssiez	conneüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	connois	—	connoissons	connoissiez	—