ramener
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ramener
- (transitive) to take back, bring back, restore
- (transitive) to draw, pull (back)
- (reflexive) to come down, be reduced (à to)
- (reflexive, informal) to roll up, to get one's butt somewhere
- Synonym: débarquer
- Il s’est ramené sans prévenir. ― He turned up with no warning.
- Ramène-toi ! ― Get yourself over here!
Conjugation edit
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il ramène and the third-person singular future indicative il ramènera.
Conjugation of ramener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ramener | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ramenant /ʁam.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ramené /ʁam.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | 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/ or /ʁa.me.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ramèneriez /ʁa.mɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʁa.me.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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “ramener”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.