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emmener
emmener
French
Verb
emmener
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 emmène rather than *il emmene. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of emmener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | emmener | avoir emmené | |||||
| gerund | en emmenant | en ayant emmené | |||||
| present participle | emmenant /ɑ̃m.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | emmené /ɑ̃m.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 | emmène /ɑ̃.mɛn/ |
emmènes /ɑ̃.mɛn/ |
emmène /ɑ̃.mɛn/ |
emmenons /ɑ̃m.nɔ̃/ |
emmenez /ɑ̃m.ne/ |
emmènent /ɑ̃.mɛn/ |
| imperfect | emmenais /ɑ̃m.nɛ/ |
emmenais /ɑ̃m.nɛ/ |
emmenait /ɑ̃m.nɛ/ |
emmenions /ɑ̃.mə.njɔ̃/ |
emmeniez /ɑ̃.mə.nje/ |
emmenaient /ɑ̃m.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | emmenai /ɑ̃m.ne/ |
emmenas /ɑ̃m.na/ |
emmena /ɑ̃m.na/ |
emmenâmes /ɑ̃m.nam/ |
emmenâtes /ɑ̃m.nat/ |
emmenèrent /ɑ̃m.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | emmènerai /ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁe/ |
emmèneras /ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁa/ |
emmènera /ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁa/ |
emmènerons /ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
emmènerez /ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁe/ |
emmèneront /ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | emmènerais /ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
emmènerais /ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
emmènerait /ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɛ/ |
emmènerions /ɑ̃.mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
emmèneriez /ɑ̃.mɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
emmèneraient /ɑ̃.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 | emmène /ɑ̃.mɛn/ |
emmènes /ɑ̃.mɛn/ |
emmène /ɑ̃.mɛn/ |
emmenions /ɑ̃.mə.njɔ̃/ |
emmeniez /ɑ̃.mə.nje/ |
emmènent /ɑ̃.mɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
emmenasse /ɑ̃m.nas/ |
emmenasses /ɑ̃m.nas/ |
emmenât /ɑ̃m.na/ |
emmenassions /ɑ̃m.na.sjɔ̃/ |
emmenassiez /ɑ̃m.na.sje/ |
emmenassent /ɑ̃m.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 | – | |
| — | emmène /ɑ̃.mɛn/ |
— | emmenons /ɑ̃m.nɔ̃/ |
emmenez /ɑ̃m.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||