ressouvenir

French edit

Etymology edit

From re- +‎ souvenir.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʁə.suv.niʁ/
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Verb edit

ressouvenir

(reflexive) to remember, recall

Conjugation edit

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).

Conjugation of se ressouvenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	s'être + past participle
infinitive	simple	se ressouvenir
present participle or gerund¹	simple	se ressouvenant /sə ʁə.suv.nɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		ressouvenu /ʁə.suv.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me ressouviens /mə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃/	te ressouviens /tə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃/	se ressouvient /sə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃/	nous ressouvenons /nu ʁə.suv.nɔ̃/	vous ressouvenez /vu ʁə.suv.ne/	se ressouviennent /sə ʁə.su.vjɛn/
	imperfect	me ressouvenais /mə ʁə.suv.nɛ/	te ressouvenais /tə ʁə.suv.nɛ/	se ressouvenait /sə ʁə.suv.nɛ/	nous ressouvenions /nu ʁə.su.və.njɔ̃/	vous ressouveniez /vu ʁə.su.və.nje/	se ressouvenaient /sə ʁə.suv.nɛ/
	past historic²	me ressouvins /mə ʁə.su.vɛ̃/	te ressouvins /tə ʁə.su.vɛ̃/	se ressouvint /sə ʁə.su.vɛ̃/	nous ressouvînmes /nu ʁə.su.vɛ̃m/	vous ressouvîntes /vu ʁə.su.vɛ̃t/	se ressouvinrent /sə ʁə.su.vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	me ressouviendrai /mə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	te ressouviendras /tə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	se ressouviendra /sə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	nous ressouviendrons /nu ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	vous ressouviendrez /vu ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	se ressouviendront /sə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me ressouviendrais /mə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	te ressouviendrais /tə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	se ressouviendrait /sə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	nous ressouviendrions /nu ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	vous ressouviendriez /vu ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	se ressouviendraient /sə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me ressouvienne /mə ʁə.su.vjɛn/	te ressouviennes /tə ʁə.su.vjɛn/	se ressouvienne /sə ʁə.su.vjɛn/	nous ressouvenions /nu ʁə.su.və.njɔ̃/	vous ressouveniez /vu ʁə.su.və.nje/	se ressouviennent /sə ʁə.su.vjɛn/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	me ressouvinsse /mə ʁə.su.vɛ̃s/	te ressouvinsses /tə ʁə.su.vɛ̃s/	se ressouvînt /sə ʁə.su.vɛ̃/	nous ressouvinssions /nu ʁə.su.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	vous ressouvinssiez /vu ʁə.su.vɛ̃.sje/	se ressouvinssent /sə ʁə.su.vɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	ressouviens-toi /ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.twa/	—	ressouvenons-nous /ʁə.suv.nɔ̃.nu/	ressouvenez-vous /ʁə.suv.ne.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).