Daily Verb Lesson: French for knock is cogner
The French for knock is the regular ER verb cogner.To remember this, imagine knocking the CON on the head with a HAMMER and saying "Yay! CON YAY!"
cogner can also mean; to hit, bang; to drive in, to hammer in; to beat down; to thump, to bump; to pound (e.g. heart, blood).
Related words include:
- le cognear (nm) : hard hitter, bruiser (boxing).
- se cogner (contre) (vr) : to bump into something, to hit (against);
to have a punchup/fistfight (coll).
- ça va cogner : (coll.) there's going to be a brawl.
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Imagine knocking the CON on the head with a hammer and saying "Yay! CON YAY!"
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent knock |
cogne | cognes | cogne | cognons | cognez | cognent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait knocked |
cognais | cognais | cognait | cognions | cogniez | cognaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple knocked |
cognai | cognas | cogna | cognâmes | cognâtes | cognèrent |
| Future Futur will knock |
cognerai | cogneras | cognera | cognerons | cognerez | cogneront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would knock |
cognerais | cognerais | cognerait | cognerions | cogneriez | cogneraient |
| Subjunctive Subjonctif may knock |
cogne | cognes | cogne | cognions | cogniez | cognent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have knocked |
ai cogné | as cogné | a cogné | avons cogné | avez cogné | ont cogné |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had knocked |
avais cogné | avais cogné | avait cogné | avions cogné | aviez cogné | avaient cogné |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have knocked |
aurai cogné | auras cogné | aura cogné | aurons cogné | aurez cogné | auront cogné |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would've knocked |
aurais cogné | aurais cogné | aurait cogné | aurions cogné | auriez cogné | auraient cogné |
| Imperative Imperatif knock! |
cogne ! | cognons ! | cognez ! | |||
✔ Cogner is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
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