se la ramener
French
Alternative forms
- la ramener (without a pronoun)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə la ʁam.ne/
Verb
se la ramener
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, informal) to show off, to be full of oneself
- Synonyms: se la péter, se la raconter, frimer, faire le malin
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 ramène rather than *il ramene. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of se la ramener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | se la ramenant /sə la ʁam.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
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| past participle | ramené /ʁam.ne/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | se la ramener | ||||||
| compound | se l'être + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | se la ramenant /sə la ʁam.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | se l'étant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me la ramène /mə la ʁa.mɛn/ | te la ramènes /tə la ʁa.mɛn/ | se la ramène /sə la ʁa.mɛn/ | nous la ramenons /nu la ʁam.nɔ̃/ | vous la ramenez /vu la ʁam.ne/ | se la ramènent /sə la ʁa.mɛn/ |
| imperfect | me la ramenais /mə la ʁam.nɛ/ | te la ramenais /tə la ʁam.nɛ/ | se la ramenait /sə la ʁam.nɛ/ | nous la ramenions /nu la ʁa.mə.njɔ̃/ | vous la rameniez /vu la ʁa.mə.nje/ | se la ramenaient /sə la ʁam.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me la ramenai /mə la ʁam.ne/ | te la ramenas /tə la ʁam.na/ | se la ramena /sə la ʁam.na/ | nous la ramenâmes /nu la ʁam.nam/ | vous la ramenâtes /vu la ʁam.nat/ | se la ramenèrent /sə la ʁam.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | me la ramènerai /mə la ʁa.mɛn.ʁe/ | te la ramèneras /tə la ʁa.mɛn.ʁa/ | se la ramènera /sə la ʁa.mɛn.ʁa/ | nous la ramènerons /nu la ʁa.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | vous la ramènerez /vu la ʁa.mɛn.ʁe/ | se la ramèneront /sə la ʁa.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me la ramènerais /mə la ʁa.mɛn.ʁɛ/ | te la ramènerais /tə la ʁa.mɛn.ʁɛ/ | se la ramènerait /sə la ʁa.mɛn.ʁɛ/ | nous la ramènerions /nu la ʁa.mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous la ramèneriez /vu la ʁa.mɛ.nə.ʁje/ | se la ramèneraient /sə la ʁa.mɛn.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of se l'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of se l'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of se l'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of se l'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of se l'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me la ramène /mə la ʁa.mɛn/ | te la ramènes /tə la ʁa.mɛn/ | se la ramène /sə la ʁa.mɛn/ | nous la ramenions /nu la ʁa.mə.njɔ̃/ | vous la rameniez /vu la ʁa.mə.nje/ | se la ramènent /sə la ʁa.mɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | me la ramenasse /mə la ʁam.nas/ | te la ramenasses /tə la ʁam.nas/ | se la ramenât /sə la ʁam.na/ | nous la ramenassions /nu la ʁam.na.sjɔ̃/ | vous la ramenassiez /vu la ʁam.na.sje/ | se la ramenassent /sə la ʁam.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of se l'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of se l'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ramène-la-toi /ʁa.mɛn.la.twa/ | — | ramenons-la-nous /ʁam.nɔ̃.la.nu/ | ramenez-la-vous /ʁam.ne.la.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of se l'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of se l'être + past participle | simple imperative of se l'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||