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mener
mener
French
Verb
mener
- (transitive) to lead, to take
- Le bus va nous mener au château.
- the bus will lead us to the castle.
- Le bus va nous mener au château.
- to lead, to run, to take charge
- Louis va mener ce cours.
- Louis will lead this lesson.
- Louis va mener ce cours.
- to lead, to be leading, to be in the lead
- L'équipe bleue mène 2 à 0.
- The blue team is leading 2-0.
- L'équipe bleue mène 2 à 0.
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 mène rather than *il mene. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and acheter. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of mener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | mener | avoir mené | |||||
| gerund | en menant | en ayant mené | |||||
| present participle | menant /mə.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | mené /mə.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 | mène /mɛn/ |
mènes /mɛn/ |
mène /mɛn/ |
menons /mə.nɔ̃/ |
menez /mə.ne/ |
mènent /mɛn/ |
| imperfect | menais /mə.nɛ/ |
menais /mə.nɛ/ |
menait /mə.nɛ/ |
menions /mə.njɔ̃/ |
meniez /mə.nje/ |
menaient /mə.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | menai /mə.ne/ |
menas /mə.na/ |
mena /mə.na/ |
menâmes /mə.nam/ |
menâtes /mə.nat/ |
menèrent /mə.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | mènerai /mɛn.ʁe/ |
mèneras /mɛn.ʁa/ |
mènera /mɛn.ʁa/ |
mènerons /mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
mènerez /mɛn.ʁe/ |
mèneront /mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | mènerais /mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
mènerais /mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
mènerait /mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
mènerions /mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mèneriez /mɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
mèneraient /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 | mène /mɛn/ |
mènes /mɛn/ |
mène /mɛn/ |
menions /mə.njɔ̃/ |
meniez /mə.nje/ |
mènent /mɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
menasse /mə.nas/ |
menasses /mə.nas/ |
menât /mə.na/ |
menassions /mə.na.sjɔ̃/ |
menassiez /mə.na.sje/ |
menassent /mə.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 | – | |
| — | mène /mɛn/ |
— | menons /mə.nɔ̃/ |
menez /mə.ne/ |
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Antonyms
Related terms
Ladin
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mināre, from Latin minārī, present active infinitive of minor.
Verb
mener
Conjugation
Conjugation of mener
| infinitive | mener, mené | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | avei | gerund | menan | |||
| past participle | mené | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | ie | tu | el/ela | nos | vos | ei/eles |
| present | meine, meineie | meines, meineis | meina, meineia, menea | menon | meneis | meina, meineia |
| imperfect | menove | menoves | menova | menovan | menovais | menova |
| future | menaré | menaras | menarà | menaron | menareis | menarà |
| subjunctive | che ie | che tu | che el/che ela | che nos | che vos | che ee/che eles |
| present | meine, meineie | meines, meineies | meine, meineie | menon | meneis | meine |
| imperfect | menasse | menasses | menassa | menassan | menassais | menassa |
| imperative | - | tu | nos | vos | ||
| meina, meineia | menon | menede | ||||
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mināre, from Latin minārī, present active infinitive of minor.
Verb
mener
- (transitive) to lead (encourage something or someone to go somewhere)
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 mener (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | mener | avoir mené | |||||
| gerund | en menant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | menant | ||||||
| past participle | mené | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | mein, main | meines, maines | meine, maine | menons | menez | meinent, mainent |
| imperfect | menoie, meneie, menoe, meneve | menoies, meneies, menoes, meneves | menoit, meneit, menot, meneve | meniiens, meniens | meniiez, meniez | menoient, meneient, menoent, menevent | |
| preterite | menai | menas | mena | menames | menastes | menerent | |
| future | menerai | meneras | menera | menerons | meneroiz, menereiz, menerez | meneront | |
| conditional | meneroie, menereie | meneroies, menereies | meneroit, menereit | meneriiens, meneriens | meneriiez, meneriez | meneroient, menereient | |
| 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 | mein, main | meins, mains | meint, maint | menons | menez | meinent, mainent |
| imperfect | menasse | menasses | menast | menissons, menissiens | menissoiz, menissez, menissiez | menassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | meine, maine | — | menons | menez | — | ||