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1 connaître Verb, transitive   Pronounce

(a) to know a person; est-ce que tu connais le père de Sophie? do you know Sophie's father, have you met Sophie's father?

(b) to know an answer, opinion, telephone number; je connais son numéro I know his number; j'aimerais ~ votre opinion sur la guerre en Irak I'd like to know your opinion on the Iraq war

(c) (fig) to go through, live through problems, hard times

(d) (usually used in passive) to know a famous person; il est connu pour son travail sur Ingres he is known for is work on Ingres; cette maladie, aussi connue sous le nom de ... the disease, also known as ...; très connu well-known


Present
je connais, tu connais, il/elle connaît, nous connaissons, vous connaissez, ils/elles connaissent
Imperfect
je connaissais, tu connaissais, il/elle connaissait, nous connaissions, vous connaissiez, ils/elles connaissaient
Future
je connaîtrai, tu connaîtras, il/elle connaîtra, nous connaîtrons, vous connaîtrez, ils/elles connaîtront
Perfect
j' ai connu, tu as connu, il/elle a connu, nous avons connu, vous avez connu, ils/elles ont connu
Present subjunctive
je connaisse, tu connaisses, il/elle connaisse, nous connaissions, vous connaissiez, ils/elles connaissent

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