amener
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French amener, from a- + mener (“to lead”), ultimately from Latin minor (“to threaten”) (infinitive minārī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /am.ne/
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Verb
amener
- to bring (a person), take, fetch, give a lift, give a ride
- Je peux t'amener chez toi? ― Can I give you a lift home?
- Elle m'a amené en voiture à la gare. ― She gave me a lift to the station.
- to reel in (a fish)
- to lead
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il amène rather than *il amene. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of amener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | amener | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | amenant /am.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | amené /am.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | amène /a.mɛn/ | amènes /a.mɛn/ | amène /a.mɛn/ | amenons /am.nɔ̃/ | amenez /am.ne/ | amènent /a.mɛn/ |
| imperfect | amenais /am.nɛ/ | amenais /am.nɛ/ | amenait /am.nɛ/ | amenions /a.mə.njɔ̃/ | ameniez /a.mə.nje/ | amenaient /am.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | amenai /am.ne/ | amenas /am.na/ | amena /am.na/ | amenâmes /am.nam/ | amenâtes /am.nat/ | amenèrent /am.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | amènerai /a.mɛn.ʁe/ | amèneras /a.mɛn.ʁa/ | amènera /a.mɛn.ʁa/ | amènerons /a.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | amènerez /a.mɛn.ʁe/ | amèneront /a.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | amènerais /a.mɛn.ʁɛ/ | amènerais /a.mɛn.ʁɛ/ | amènerait /a.mɛn.ʁɛ/ | amènerions /a.mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.me.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | amèneriez /a.mɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /a.me.nə.ʁje/ | amèneraient /a.mɛn.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | amène /a.mɛn/ | amènes /a.mɛn/ | amène /a.mɛn/ | amenions /a.mə.njɔ̃/ | ameniez /a.mə.nje/ | amènent /a.mɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | amenasse /am.nas/ | amenasses /am.nas/ | amenât /am.na/ | amenassions /am.na.sjɔ̃/ | amenassiez /am.na.sje/ | amenassent /am.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | amène /a.mɛn/ | — | amenons /am.nɔ̃/ | amenez /am.ne/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- amenage
- mener
- ramener
- emmener
- emporter
- apporter
Further reading
- “amener”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- émaner
- mènera
- ramené, ramène
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- amen
Noun
amener n
- indefinite plural of amen
Old French
Verb
amener
- to bring
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
- On li amaine .i. bon courant destrier
- They brought him a good, fast warhorse
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. It has two stems, a unstressed one in -men- that appears in most forms and a stressed one in -mein- (also -main-) that appears in parts of the present indicative, subjunctive and imperative. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of amener (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | amener | avoir amené | |||||
| gerund | en amenant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | amenant | ||||||
| past participle | amené | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | amein, amain | ameines, amaines | ameine, amaine | amenons | amenez | ameinent, amainent |
| imperfect | amenoie, ameneie, amenoe, ameneve | amenoies, ameneies, amenoes, ameneves | amenoit, ameneit, amenot, ameneve | ameniiens, ameniens | ameniiez, ameniez | amenoient, ameneient, amenoent, amenevent | |
| preterite | amenai | amenas | amena | amenames | amenastes | amenerent | |
| future | amenerai | ameneras | amenera | amenerons | ameneroiz, amenereiz, amenerez | ameneront | |
| conditional | ameneroie, amenereie | ameneroies, amenereies | ameneroit, amenereit | ameneriiens, ameneriens | ameneriiez, ameneriez | ameneroient, amenereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | amein, amain | ameins, amains | ameint, amaint | amenons | amenez | ameinent, amainent |
| imperfect | amenasse | amenasses | amenast | amenissons, amenissiens | amenissoiz, amenissez, amenissiez | amenassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | ameine, amaine | — | amenons | amenez | — | ||
Synonyms
- aporter
Descendants
- French: amener
- Norman: emm'ner