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ramener
ramener
French
Verb
ramener
- (transitive) to take back, bring back, restore
- (transitive) to draw, pull (back)
- (reflexive) to come down, be reduced (à to)
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 ramener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | ramener | avoir ramené | |||||
| gerund | en ramenant | en ayant ramené | |||||
| present participle | ramenant /ʁam.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | ramené /ʁam.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 | ramène /ʁa.mɛn/ |
ramènes /ʁa.mɛn/ |
ramène /ʁa.mɛn/ |
ramenons /ʁam.nɔ̃/ |
ramenez /ʁam.ne/ |
ramènent /ʁa.mɛn/ |
| imperfect | ramenais /ʁam.nɛ/ |
ramenais /ʁam.nɛ/ |
ramenait /ʁam.nɛ/ |
ramenions /ʁa.mə.njɔ̃/ |
rameniez /ʁa.mə.nje/ |
ramenaient /ʁam.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ramenai /ʁam.ne/ |
ramenas /ʁam.na/ |
ramena /ʁam.na/ |
ramenâmes /ʁam.nam/ |
ramenâtes /ʁam.nat/ |
ramenèrent /ʁam.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | ramènerai /ʁa.mɛn.ʁe/ |
ramèneras /ʁa.mɛn.ʁa/ |
ramènera /ʁa.mɛn.ʁa/ |
ramènerons /ʁa.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
ramènerez /ʁa.mɛn.ʁe/ |
ramèneront /ʁa.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | ramènerais /ʁa.mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
ramènerais /ʁa.mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
ramènerait /ʁa.mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
ramènerions /ʁa.mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ramèneriez /ʁa.mɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
ramèneraient /ʁa.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 | ramène /ʁa.mɛn/ |
ramènes /ʁa.mɛn/ |
ramène /ʁa.mɛn/ |
ramenions /ʁa.mə.njɔ̃/ |
rameniez /ʁa.mə.nje/ |
ramènent /ʁa.mɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
ramenasse /ʁam.nas/ |
ramenasses /ʁam.nas/ |
ramenât /ʁam.na/ |
ramenassions /ʁam.na.sjɔ̃/ |
ramenassiez /ʁam.na.sje/ |
ramenassent /ʁam.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 | – | |
| — | ramène /ʁa.mɛn/ |
— | ramenons /ʁam.nɔ̃/ |
ramenez /ʁam.ne/ |
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