conosco

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈnos.ko/
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]

Conjugation

Conjugation of conōscō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	conōscō	conōscis		conōscit	conōscimus	conōscitis		conōscunt
	imperfect	conōscēbam	conōscēbās		conōscēbat	conōscēbāmus	conōscēbātis		conōscēbant
	future	conōscam	conōscēs		conōscet	conōscēmus	conōscētis		conōscent
	perfect	conōvī	conōvistī, conōstī¹		conōvit, conōt¹	conōvimus, conōmus¹	conōvistis, conōstis¹		conōvērunt, conōrunt, conōvēre¹
	pluperfect	conōveram, conōram¹	conōverās, conōrās¹		conōverat, conōrat¹	conōverāmus, conōrāmus¹	conōverātis, conōrātis¹		conōverant, conōrant¹
	future perfect	conōverō, conōrō¹	conōveris, conōris¹		conōverit, conōrit¹	conōverimus, conōrimus¹	conōveritis, conōritis¹		conōverint, conōrint¹
passive	present	conōscor	conōsceris, conōscere		conōscitur	conōscimur	conōsciminī		conōscuntur
	imperfect	conōscēbar	conōscēbāris, conōscēbāre		conōscēbātur	conōscēbāmur	conōscēbāminī		conōscēbantur
	future	conōscar	conōscēris, conōscēre		conōscētur	conōscēmur	conōscēminī		conōscentur
	perfect	conitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	conitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	conitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	conōscam	conōscās		conōscat	conōscāmus	conōscātis		conōscant
	imperfect	conōscerem	conōscerēs		conōsceret	conōscerēmus	conōscerētis		conōscerent
	perfect	conōverim, conōrim¹	conōverīs, conōrīs¹		conōverit, conōrit¹	conōverīmus, conōrīmus¹	conōverītis, conōrītis¹		conōverint, conōrint¹
	pluperfect	conōvissem, conōssem¹	conōvissēs, conōssēs¹		conōvisset, conōsset¹	conōvissēmus, conōssēmus¹	conōvissētis, conōssētis¹		conōvissent, conōssent¹
passive	present	conōscar	conōscāris, conōscāre		conōscātur	conōscāmur	conōscāminī		conōscantur
	imperfect	conōscerer	conōscerēris, conōscerēre		conōscerētur	conōscerēmur	conōscerēminī		conōscerentur
	perfect	conitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	conitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	conōsce		—	—	conōscite		—
active	future	—	conōscitō		conōscitō	—	conōscitōte		conōscuntō
passive	present	—	conōscere		—	—	conōsciminī		—
passive	future	—	conōscitor		conōscitor	—	—		conōscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		conōscere		conōscī		conōscēns		—
future		conitūrum esse		conitum īrī		conitūrus		conōscendus, conōscundus
perfect		conōvisse, conōsse¹		conitum esse		—		conitus
future perfect		—		conitum fore		—		—
perfect potential		conitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		conōscendī	conōscendō		conōscendum	conōscendō	conitum		conitū

¹The verb "nōscō" and its compounds frequently drop the syllables "vi" and "ve" from their perfect, pluperfect and future perfect conjugations.

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/

Rhymes: -osku, (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 nós 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 / com a gente.

Coordinate terms

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

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