s'y connaître
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s‿i kɔ.nɛtʁ/
Verb
- (informal) (transitive with en) to know about something, to have a good knowledge of something
- Synonym: en connaître un rayon
Conjugation
This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs, that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the 'i' is given a circumflex before a 't'.
Conjugation of s'y connaître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'y connaître | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'y être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’y connaissant /si kɔ.nɛ.sɑ̃/ or /si kɔ.ne.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | s'y étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | connu /kɔ.ny/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’y connais /mi kɔ.nɛ/ |
t’y connais /ti kɔ.nɛ/ |
s’y connaît /si kɔ.nɛ/ |
nous y connaissons /nu.z‿i kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿i kɔ.ne.sɔ̃/ |
vous y connaissez /vu.z‿i kɔ.nɛ.se/ or /vu.z‿i kɔ.ne.se/ |
s’y connaissent /si kɔ.nɛs/ |
| imperfect | m’y connaissais /mi kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /mi kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
t’y connaissais /ti kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ti kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
s’y connaissait /si kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /si kɔ.ne.sɛ/ |
nous y connaissions /nu.z‿i kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿i kɔ.ne.sjɔ̃/ |
vous y connaissiez /vu.z‿i kɔ.nɛ.sje/ or /vu.z‿i kɔ.ne.sje/ |
s’y connaissaient /si kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /si kɔ.ne.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’y connus /mi kɔ.ny/ |
t’y connus /ti kɔ.ny/ |
s’y connut /si kɔ.ny/ |
nous y connûmes /nu.z‿i kɔ.nym/ |
vous y connûtes /vu.z‿i kɔ.nyt/ |
s’y connurent /si kɔ.nyʁ/ | |
| future | m’y connaîtrai /mi kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /mi kɔ.ne.tʁe/ |
t’y connaîtras /ti kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /ti kɔ.ne.tʁa/ |
s’y connaîtra /si kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /si kɔ.ne.tʁa/ |
nous y connaîtrons /nu.z‿i kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿i kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/ |
vous y connaîtrez /vu.z‿i kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /vu.z‿i kɔ.ne.tʁe/ |
s’y connaîtront /si kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /si kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’y connaîtrais /mi kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /mi kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
t’y connaîtrais /ti kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ti kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
s’y connaîtrait /si kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /si kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ |
nous y connaîtrions /nu.z‿i kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿i kɔ.ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vous y connaîtriez /vu.z‿i kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /vu.z‿i kɔ.ne.tʁi.je/ |
s’y connaîtraient /si kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /si kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'y être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'y être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'y être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'y être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'y être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’y connaisse /mi kɔ.nɛs/ |
t’y connaisses /ti kɔ.nɛs/ |
s’y connaisse /si kɔ.nɛs/ |
nous y connaissions /nu.z‿i kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿i kɔ.ne.sjɔ̃/ |
vous y connaissiez /vu.z‿i kɔ.nɛ.sje/ or /vu.z‿i kɔ.ne.sje/ |
s’y connaissent /si kɔ.nɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | m’y connusse /mi kɔ.nys/ |
t’y connusses /ti kɔ.nys/ |
s’y connût /si kɔ.ny/ |
nous y connussions /nu.z‿i kɔ.ny.sjɔ̃/ |
vous y connussiez /vu.z‿i kɔ.ny.sje/ |
s’y connussent /si kɔ.nys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'y être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'y être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | connais-t’y /kɔ.nɛ.ti/ |
— | connaissons-nous-y /kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃.nu.zi/ or /kɔ.ne.sɔ̃.nu.zi/ |
connaissez-vous-y /kɔ.nɛ.se.vu.zi/ or /kɔ.ne.se.vu.zi/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'y être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'y être + past participle | simple imperative of s'y être + 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). | |||||||
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