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conocer

to know, to meet

verb irregular Word 167 of the core 1,000 · Stage 1, Essentials

How to conjugate conocer

The present, preterite, imperfect and future, with the English for every form.

Present

yo conozco I know / I meet / I am meeting
tú conoces you know / you meet / you are meeting
él/ella conoce he/she knows / you know (formal) / he/she meets / he/she is meeting / you meet (formal) / you are meeting (formal)
nosotros conocemos we know / we meet / we are meeting
ellos/ellas conocen they know / you all know / they meet / they are meeting / you all meet / you all are meeting

Preterite

yo conocí I knew / I met
tú conociste you knew / you met
él/ella conoció he/she knew / you knew (formal) / he/she met / you met (formal)
nosotros conocimos we knew / we met
ellos/ellas conocieron they knew / you all knew / they met / you all met

Imperfect

yo conocía I knew / I used to know / I was meeting / I used to meet
tú conocías you knew / you used to know / you were meeting / you used to meet
él/ella conocía he/she knew / he/she used to know / you knew (formal) / you used to know (formal) / he/she was meeting / he/she used to meet / you were meeting (formal) / you used to meet (formal)
nosotros conocíamos we knew / we used to know / we were meeting / we used to meet
ellos/ellas conocían they knew / they used to know / you all knew / you all used to know / they were meeting / they used to meet / you all were meeting / you all used to meet

Future

yo conoceré I will know / I will meet
tú conocerás you will know / you will meet
él/ella conocerá he/she will know / you will know (formal) / he/she will meet / you will meet (formal)
nosotros conoceremos we will know / we will meet
ellos/ellas conocerán they will know / you all will know / they will meet / you all will meet

In a sentence

¿Conoces a mi hermana?

Do you know my sister?

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