il

1. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
2. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
3. Impersonal subject; it

aurait

third-person singular conditional of avoir

reconnu

past participle of reconnaître

le

• Article

  1. the (definite article)
  2. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
  3. Used before the names of most countries, many subnational regions, and other geographical names including names of lakes and streets; not translated into English in most cases.
  4. the; my, your, etc.
  5. a, an, per
  6. on

• Pron

du

• Contraction

  Contraction of de + le (“of the”)

• Article

nègre

• Noun

  1. negro
  2. ghostwriter
  3. (informal) friend, buddy
  4. (informal) honey, baby, precious (term of endearment)

• Adj

comme

• Conj

  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. like, as
  3. how
  4. because, as, since

• Particle

le sien

his; hers; its