reconnaitre
See also: reconnaître
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
reconnaitre
- post-1990 spelling of reconnaître
Conjugation
This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs that are all conjugated the same way. They are conjugated the same as the alternative spelling, which has a circumflex over the 'i', except that the circumflex is dropped here.
Conjugation of reconnaitre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | reconnaitre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | reconnaissant /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | reconnu /ʁə.kɔ.ny/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | reconnais /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ/ |
reconnais /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ/ |
reconnait /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ/ |
reconnaissons /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sɔ̃/ |
reconnaissez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.se/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.se/ |
reconnaissent /ʁə.kɔ.nɛs/ |
| imperfect | reconnaissais /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
reconnaissais /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
reconnaissait /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
reconnaissions /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sjɔ̃/ |
reconnaissiez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sje/ |
reconnaissaient /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | reconnus /ʁə.kɔ.ny/ |
reconnus /ʁə.kɔ.ny/ |
reconnut /ʁə.kɔ.ny/ |
reconnûmes /ʁə.kɔ.nym/ |
reconnûtes /ʁə.kɔ.nyt/ |
reconnurent /ʁə.kɔ.nyʁ/ | |
| future | reconnaitrai /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁe/ |
reconnaitras /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁa/ |
reconnaitra /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁa/ |
reconnaitrons /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/ |
reconnaitrez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁe/ |
reconnaitront /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | reconnaitrais /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
reconnaitrais /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
reconnaitrait /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
reconnaitrions /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
reconnaitriez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁi.je/ |
reconnaitraient /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | reconnaisse /ʁə.kɔ.nɛs/ |
reconnaisses /ʁə.kɔ.nɛs/ |
reconnaisse /ʁə.kɔ.nɛs/ |
reconnaissions /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sjɔ̃/ |
reconnaissiez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sje/ |
reconnaissent /ʁə.kɔ.nɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | reconnusse /ʁə.kɔ.nys/ |
reconnusses /ʁə.kɔ.nys/ |
reconnût /ʁə.kɔ.ny/ |
reconnussions /ʁə.kɔ.ny.sjɔ̃/ |
reconnussiez /ʁə.kɔ.ny.sje/ |
reconnussent /ʁə.kɔ.nys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | reconnais /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ/ |
— | reconnaissons /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sɔ̃/ |
reconnaissez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.se/ or /ʁə.kɔ.ne.se/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||