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Connaître, paraître and derivatives* follow the same conjugation pattern in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif).
Conjugation of CONNAÎTRE (to know) in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) in French
|
j' |
ai connu |
|
tu |
as connu |
|
il / elle / on |
a connu |
|
nous |
avons connu |
|
vous |
avez connu |
|
ils / elles |
ont connu |
Conjugation of PARAÎTRE (to seem / to appear) in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) in French
|
j' |
ai paru |
|
tu |
as paru |
|
il / elle / on |
a paru |
|
nous |
avons paru |
|
vous |
avez paru |
|
ils / elles |
ont paru |
Here's the pattern to conjugate connaître, paraître etc in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif) :
avoir in Le Présent + infinitive minus -aître + -u
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Note that with avoir as an auxiliary, past participles never agree with the subject of the verb.
EXCEPTIONS :
- apparaître (to appear, come to be) and derivatives use être more often than avoir - see Conjugate apparaître in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
- naître (to be born) and derivatives are completely irregular - see Conjugate mourir, naître, décéder, devenir, rester (+ être) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
- naître (to be born) and derivatives are completely irregular - see Conjugate mourir, naître, décéder, devenir, rester (+ être) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)
*These derivatives follow the same pattern as connaître and paraître:
reconnaître (to recognise / to admit) -> reconnu
méconnaître (to misjudge / to not know well) -> méconnu
comparaître (to appear in court) -> comparu
méconnaître (to misjudge / to not know well) -> méconnu
comparaître (to appear in court) -> comparu
+
disparaître (to disappear) can technically use either avoir or être as auxiliary, but note that in France's French, we use exclusively avoir -> disparu
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