remmener
French
Etymology
r- + emmener
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃m.ne/
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Verb
remmener
- to remove or take away
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 remmène rather than *il remmene. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of remmener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | remmener | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | remmenant /ʁɑ̃m.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | remmené /ʁɑ̃m.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | remmène /ʁɑ̃.mɛn/ | remmènes /ʁɑ̃.mɛn/ | remmène /ʁɑ̃.mɛn/ | remmenons /ʁɑ̃m.nɔ̃/ | remmenez /ʁɑ̃m.ne/ | remmènent /ʁɑ̃.mɛn/ |
imperfect | remmenais /ʁɑ̃m.nɛ/ | remmenais /ʁɑ̃m.nɛ/ | remmenait /ʁɑ̃m.nɛ/ | remmenions /ʁɑ̃.mə.njɔ̃/ | remmeniez /ʁɑ̃.mə.nje/ | remmenaient /ʁɑ̃m.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | remmenai /ʁɑ̃m.ne/ | remmenas /ʁɑ̃m.na/ | remmena /ʁɑ̃m.na/ | remmenâmes /ʁɑ̃m.nam/ | remmenâtes /ʁɑ̃m.nat/ | remmenèrent /ʁɑ̃m.nɛʁ/ | |
future | remmènerai /ʁɑ̃.mɛn.ʁe/ | remmèneras /ʁɑ̃.mɛn.ʁa/ | remmènera /ʁɑ̃.mɛn.ʁa/ | remmènerons /ʁɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | remmènerez /ʁɑ̃.mɛn.ʁe/ | remmèneront /ʁɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | remmènerais /ʁɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɛ/ | remmènerais /ʁɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɛ/ | remmènerait /ʁɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɛ/ | remmènerions /ʁɑ̃.mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.me.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | remmèneriez /ʁɑ̃.mɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ̃.me.nə.ʁje/ | remmèneraient /ʁɑ̃.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 | remmène /ʁɑ̃.mɛn/ | remmènes /ʁɑ̃.mɛn/ | remmène /ʁɑ̃.mɛn/ | remmenions /ʁɑ̃.mə.njɔ̃/ | remmeniez /ʁɑ̃.mə.nje/ | remmènent /ʁɑ̃.mɛn/ |
imperfect2 | remmenasse /ʁɑ̃m.nas/ | remmenasses /ʁɑ̃m.nas/ | remmenât /ʁɑ̃m.na/ | remmenassions /ʁɑ̃m.na.sjɔ̃/ | remmenassiez /ʁɑ̃m.na.sje/ | remmenassent /ʁɑ̃m.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | remmène /ʁɑ̃.mɛn/ | — | remmenons /ʁɑ̃m.nɔ̃/ | remmenez /ʁɑ̃m.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). |
Further reading
- “remmener”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.