conosco

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈno.sko/
Rhymes: -osko
Hyphenation: co‧nó‧sco

Verb

conosco

first-person singular present indicative of conoscere

Latin

Verb

conōscō (present infinitive conōscere, perfect active conōvī, supine conitum); third conjugation (Late Latin)

Alternative form of cognōscō (attested in the Vetus Itala)^[1]

Descendants

see: cognōscō

References

^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cognoscere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 848

Portuguese

Alternative forms

connosco (Portugal)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese conosco, cõnosco, connosco, from com (“with”) + Old Galician-Portuguese nosco (“with us”). Noscum is attested in the Appendix Probi as a 'vulgar' form of Latin nobiscum. Displaced Old Portuguese nosco.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈnos.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈnoʃ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈnos.ko/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈnoʃ.ku/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -osku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃku
Hyphenation: co‧nos‧co

Adverb

conosco (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

(prepositional) with us
Quer ir conosco?
Want to go with us?

Usage notes

Brazilian speakers who use this pronoun colloquially (instead of a gente) may not make the contraction and use com nós instead. This is highly proscribed but common. European Portuguese speakers use connosco instead.

Coordinate terms

[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cognoscere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 848

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