reconnoistre

Old French

Etymology

Latin recognōscō

Verb

reconnoistre

1. Alternative form of reconoistre (“to recognize”)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of reconnoistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		reconnoistre			avoir reconneü
gerund		en reconnoissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		reconnoissant
past participle		reconneü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	reconnois	reconnois	reconnoist	reconnoissons	reconnoissiez	reconnoissent
	imperfect	reconnoissoie, reconnoisseie	reconnoissoies, reconnoisseies	reconnoissoit, reconnoisseit	reconnoissiiens, reconnoissiens	reconnoissiiez, reconnoissiez	reconnoissoient, reconnoisseient
	preterite	reconnui	reconneüs	reconnut	reconneümes	reconneüstes	reconnurent
	future	reconnoistrai	reconnoistras	reconnoistra	reconnoistrons	reconnoistroiz, reconnoistreiz, reconnoistrez	reconnoistront
	conditional	reconnoistroie, reconnoistreie	reconnoistroies, reconnoistreies	reconnoistroit, reconnoistreit	reconnoistriiens, reconnoistriens	reconnoistriiez, reconnoistriez	reconnoistroient, reconnoistreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	reconnoisse	reconnoisses	reconnoisse	reconnoissiens, reconnoissons	reconnoissiez	reconnoissent
	imperfect	reconneüsse	reconneüsses	reconneüst	reconneüssons, reconneüssiens	reconneüssoiz, reconneüssez, reconneüssiez	reconneüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	reconnois	—	reconnoissons	reconnoissiez	—

Descendants

• French: reconnaître