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amener
amener
French
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.
- Je peux t'amener chez toi?
- 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)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | amener | avoir amené | |||||
| gerund | en amenant | en ayant amené | |||||
| present participle | amenant /am.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | amené /am.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | amenai /am.ne/ |
amenas /am.na/ |
amena /am.na/ |
amenâmes /am.nam/ |
amenâtes /am.nat/ |
amenèrent /am.nɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| conditional | amènerais /a.mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
amènerais /a.mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
amènerait /a.mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
amènerions /a.mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amèneriez /a.mɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
amèneraient /a.mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | amène /a.mɛn/ |
amènes /a.mɛn/ |
amène /a.mɛn/ |
amenions /a.mə.njɔ̃/ |
ameniez /a.mə.nje/ |
amènent /a.mɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
amenasse /am.nas/ |
amenasses /am.nas/ |
amenât /am.na/ |
amenassions /am.na.sjɔ̃/ |
amenassiez /am.na.sje/ |
amenassent /am.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | amène /a.mɛn/ |
— | amenons /am.nɔ̃/ |
amenez /am.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Anagrams
Old French
Verb
amener
- to bring
- 12th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:
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On li amaine .i. bon courant destrier
- They brought him a good, fast warhorse
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On li amaine .i. bon courant destrier
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Synonyms
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 | — | ||