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.
- Smith stopped at the edge of the lawn and looked at his surroundings. It was too novel to grok immediately, but it pleased him.
- 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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). | |||||||