ramener

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ amener.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁam.ne/
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Verb

ramener

  1. (transitive) to take back, bring back, restore
  2. (transitive) to draw, pull (back)
  3. (reflexive) to come down, be reduced (à to)
  4. (reflexive, informal) to roll up, to get one's butt somewhere
    Synonym: débarquer
    Il s'est ramené sans prévenir. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Ramène-toi ! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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)
present participle ramenant
/ʁam.nɑ̃/
past participle ramené
/ʁam.ne/
infinitive
simple ramener
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple ramenant
/ʁam.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(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/
past historic2 ramenai
/ʁam.ne/		 ramenas
/ʁam.na/		 ramena
/ʁam.na/		 ramenâmes
/ʁam.nam/		 ramenâtes
/ʁam.nat/		 ramenèrent
/ʁam.nɛʁ/
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/
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/
(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 ramène
/ʁa.mɛn/		 ramènes
/ʁa.mɛn/		 ramène
/ʁa.mɛn/		 ramenions
/ʁa.mə.njɔ̃/		 rameniez
/ʁa.mə.nje/		 ramènent
/ʁa.mɛn/
imperfect2 ramenasse
/ʁam.nas/		 ramenasses
/ʁam.nas/		 ramenât
/ʁam.na/		 ramenassions
/ʁam.na.sjɔ̃/		 ramenassiez
/ʁam.na.sje/		 ramenassent
/ʁam.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ramène
/ʁa.mɛn/		 — ramenons
/ʁam.nɔ̃/		 ramenez
/ʁam.ne/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + 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).

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