Irregular -re (-aître) Verbs

Front

Connaître (to know)

Back

connu (knew)

Front

Apparaître (to appear)

Back

apparu (appeared)

Front

Disparaître (to disappear)

Back

disparu (disappeared)

Front

Paraître (to seem)

Back

paru (seemed)

Front

Reconnaître (to recognize)

Back

reconnu (recognized)

Front

Past participle formation for this category

Back

Drop the - aître – and add a -u

Connaître – Connu

Front

Present tense stem for this category.

Back

Drop -ître

Connaître – Conna

Front

Present tense ending for this category

Back

-is, -is, -ît , -issons, -issez, -issent

Front

Conjugate Connaître

Back

Je connais

Tu connais

Elle/il/on connaît

Nous connaissons

Vous connaissez

Elles/ils connaissent