gnoquer
French
Etymology
From the French translation of grok used in Stranger in a Strange Land.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲɔ.ke/
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Verb
gnoquer
- (transitive) to grok
- 1970, Frank Straschitz, En Terre étrangère, 1999 ed., →ISBN, p. 70 (translated from English: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein)
- Smith s'était arrêté au bord du tapis de gazon et regardait ce qui l'entourait. C'était trop nouveau pour pouvoir être gnoqué immédiatement, mais cela lui plut.
- 1970, Frank Straschitz, En Terre étrangère, 1999 ed., →ISBN, p. 70 (translated from English: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein)
Conjugation
Conjugation of gnoquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | gnoquer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | gnoquant /ɲɔ.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | gnoqué /ɲɔ.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | gnoque /ɲɔk/ | gnoques /ɲɔk/ | gnoque /ɲɔk/ | gnoquons /ɲɔ.kɔ̃/ | gnoquez /ɲɔ.ke/ | gnoquent /ɲɔk/ |
imperfect | gnoquais /ɲɔ.kɛ/ | gnoquais /ɲɔ.kɛ/ | gnoquait /ɲɔ.kɛ/ | gnoquions /ɲɔ.kjɔ̃/ | gnoquiez /ɲɔ.kje/ | gnoquaient /ɲɔ.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | gnoquai /ɲɔ.ke/ | gnoquas /ɲɔ.ka/ | gnoqua /ɲɔ.ka/ | gnoquâmes /ɲɔ.kam/ | gnoquâtes /ɲɔ.kat/ | gnoquèrent /ɲɔ.kɛʁ/ | |
future | gnoquerai /ɲɔ.kʁe/ | gnoqueras /ɲɔ.kʁa/ | gnoquera /ɲɔ.kʁa/ | gnoquerons /ɲɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | gnoquerez /ɲɔ.kʁe/ | gnoqueront /ɲɔ.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | gnoquerais /ɲɔ.kʁɛ/ | gnoquerais /ɲɔ.kʁɛ/ | gnoquerait /ɲɔ.kʁɛ/ | gnoquerions /ɲɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | gnoqueriez /ɲɔ.kə.ʁje/ | gnoqueraient /ɲɔ.kʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | gnoque /ɲɔk/ | gnoques /ɲɔk/ | gnoque /ɲɔk/ | gnoquions /ɲɔ.kjɔ̃/ | gnoquiez /ɲɔ.kje/ | gnoquent /ɲɔk/ |
imperfect2 | gnoquasse /ɲɔ.kas/ | gnoquasses /ɲɔ.kas/ | gnoquât /ɲɔ.ka/ | gnoquassions /ɲɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ | gnoquassiez /ɲɔ.ka.sje/ | gnoquassent /ɲɔ.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | gnoque /ɲɔk/ | — | gnoquons /ɲɔ.kɔ̃/ | gnoquez /ɲɔ.ke/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + 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). |