raconter
French
Etymology
Old French raconter, from re- + aconter, from conter (“to tell (a story, etc.)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.kɔ̃.te/
audio (file)
Verb
raconter
- to recount; to tell; to narrate
- 2018, Zaz, Si c'était à refaire
- [J'ai] pas de leçons à donner, juste mon histoire à raconter.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2018, Zaz, Si c'était à refaire
Conjugation
Conjugation of raconter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | raconter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | racontant /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | raconté /ʁa.kɔ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | raconte /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ | racontes /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ | raconte /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ | racontons /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ | racontez /ʁa.kɔ̃.te/ | racontent /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect | racontais /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/ | racontais /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/ | racontait /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/ | racontions /ʁa.kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ | racontiez /ʁa.kɔ̃.tje/ | racontaient /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | racontai /ʁa.kɔ̃.te/ | racontas /ʁa.kɔ̃.ta/ | raconta /ʁa.kɔ̃.ta/ | racontâmes /ʁa.kɔ̃.tam/ | racontâtes /ʁa.kɔ̃.tat/ | racontèrent /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | raconterai /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁe/ | raconteras /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁa/ | racontera /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁa/ | raconterons /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | raconterez /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁe/ | raconteront /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | raconterais /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | raconterais /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | raconterait /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | raconterions /ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | raconteriez /ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ | raconteraient /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | raconte /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ | racontes /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ | raconte /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ | racontions /ʁa.kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ | racontiez /ʁa.kɔ̃.tje/ | racontent /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | racontasse /ʁa.kɔ̃.tas/ | racontasses /ʁa.kɔ̃.tas/ | racontât /ʁa.kɔ̃.ta/ | racontassions /ʁa.kɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ | racontassiez /ʁa.kɔ̃.ta.sje/ | racontassent /ʁa.kɔ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | raconte /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ | — | racontons /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ | racontez /ʁa.kɔ̃.te/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- raconter des histoires
- raconter des salades
- se la raconter
Further reading
- “raconter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- contrera
Norman
Etymology
Old French raconter, from re- + aconter, from conter (“to tell (a story, etc.)”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb
raconter
- (Jersey) to relate, recount, narrate
Derived terms
- raconteux (“narrator”)