The French for not know is the verb ignorer

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French for not know is the regular ER verb ignorer, in the most practical verb table yet devised.

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So, if you want to know how to say not know in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb ignorer - French for not know

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of ignorer, which is French for not know.

• I not know.
• you not known.
• he will not know.
• we would not know.
• they may not know.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for ignorer, give you the tools to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE ignorer
Simple Tenses ignorer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent not know	ignore	ignores	ignore	ignorons	ignorez	ignorent
Past Imperfect Imparfait not known	ignorais	ignorais	ignorait	ignorions	ignoriez	ignoraient
Simple Past Passé Simple not known	ignorai	ignoras	ignora	ignorâmes	ignorâtes	ignorèrent
Future Futur will not know	ignorerai	ignoreras	ignorera	ignorerons	ignorerez	ignoreront
Conditional Conditionnel would not know	ignorerais	ignorerais	ignorerait	ignorerions	ignoreriez	ignoreraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may not know	ignore	ignores	ignore	ignorions	ignoriez	ignorent
Compound Tenses ignorer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have not known	ai ignoré	as ignoré	a ignoré	avons ignoré	avez ignoré	ont ignoré
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had not known	avais ignoré	avais ignoré	avait ignoré	avions ignoré	aviez ignoré	avaient ignoré
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai ignoré	auras ignoré	aura ignoré	aurons ignoré	aurez ignoré	auront ignoré
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have not known	aurais ignoré	aurais ignoré	aurait ignoré	aurions ignoré	auriez ignoré	auraient ignoré
Imperative Imperatif not know!		ignore		ignorons	ignorez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of ignorer the French for not know
présent de l’indicatif

j’ignore
- I not know
tu ignores
- you not know - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on ignore
- he, she, it, one not knows
nous ignorons
- we not know
vous ignorez
- you not know (formal or plural)
ils, elles ignorent
- they not know

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of ignorer, the French for not know
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’ignorais
- I not known
- I was not knowing
tu ignorais
- you not known- (familiar or informal)
- you were not knowing
il, elle, on ignorait
- he, she, it, one not known
- he, she, it, one was not knowing
nous ignorions
- we not known
- we were not knowing
vous ignoriez
- you not known- (formal or plural)
- you were not knowing
ils, elles ignoraient
- they not known
- they were not knowing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of ignorer, the French for not know
passé simple

j’ignorai
- I not known
tu ignoras
- you not known- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on ignora
- he, she, it, one not known
nous ignorâmes
- we not known
vous ignorâtes
- you not known- (formal or plural)
ils, elles ignorèrent
they not known
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of ignorer, the French for not know
futur

j’ignorerai
- I will not know
tu ignoreras
- you will not know (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on ignorera
- he, she, it, one will not know
nous ignorerons
- we will not know
vous ignorerez
- you will not know (formal or plural)
ils, elles ignoreront
- they will not know

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Conditional Tense conjugations of ignorer, the French for not know
conditionnel

j’ignorerais
- I would not know
tu ignorerais
- you would not know (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on ignorerait
- he, she, it, one would not know
nous ignorerions
- we would not know
vous ignoreriez
- you would not know (formal or plural)
ils, elles ignoreraient
- they would not know

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of ignorer, the French for not know
présent de subjonctif

que j’ignore
- that I may not know
que tu ignores
- that you may not know(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on ignore
- that he, she, it, one may not know
que nous ignorions
- that we may not know
que vous ignoriez
- that you may not know(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles ignorent
- that they may not know

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb ignorer - the verb ‘to not know’ in French

Past Participle of ignorer is:
ignoré -not known.

The past participle is combined with the tenses of avoir, to make the compounds. Four are in common use.

• I have not known
• you had not known
• he will have not known
• we would have not known

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of ignorer - French for not know
passé composé

Here’s the French for not know conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai ignoré
- I have not known or I did not know or
- I not known
tu as ignoré
- you have not known or you did not know - (familiar or informal) or
- you not known
il, elle, on a ignoré
- he, she, it, one has not know or did not know
- he, she, it not known
nous avons ignoré
- we have not known or we did not know
- we not known
vous avez ignoré
- you have not known or you did not know (formal or plural) or
- or we not known
ils, elles ont ignoré
- they have not known or they did not know
- they not known

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of ignorer - not know in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -not know conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais ignoré
- I had not known
tu avais ignoré
- you had not known- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait ignoré
- he, she, it, one had not known
nous avions ignoré
- we had not known
vous aviez ignoré
- you had not known (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient ignoré
- they had not known

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of ignorer, the French for not know
futur antérieur

j’aurai ignoré
- I will have
tu auras ignoré
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura ignoré
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons ignoré
- we will have
vous aurez ignoré
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront ignoré
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of ignorer, the French for not know
conditionnel passé

j’aurais ignoré
- I would have not known
tu aurais ignoré
- you would have not known- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait ignoré
- he, she, it, one would have not known
nous aurions ignoré
- we would have not known
vous auriez ignoré
- you would have not known- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient ignoré
- they would have not known

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Imperative Tense conjugations of ignorer, the French for not know
impératif

ignore
- not know!
ignorons
- let’s not know!
ignorez
- not know!

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Present Participle of ignorer

ignorant - not knowing

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