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remonter
remonter
French
Verb
remonter
- to go back up, to come back up, to climb again, to reclimb
- (of temperature, water level etc) to rise again, to go up again
- (of clothing) to go up, to ride up
- to go back, to return
- remonter le fil du temps — to go back in time
- to go back, to date back (à to)
- to take back up, to bring back up, to put back up
- to get back in, to get back on, to get back onboard
- to turn back up
Usage notes
- This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être. Hence:
- il a remonté son pantalon
- he pulled his pants back up
- elle est remontée par la colline
- she came back up by the hill
- il a remonté son pantalon
Conjugation
Conjugation of remonter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | remonter | avoir remonté | |||||
| gerund | en remontant | en ayant remonté | |||||
| present participle | remontant /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | remonté /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ |
remontes /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ |
remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ |
remontons /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
remontez /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/ |
remontent /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect | remontais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/ |
remontais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/ |
remontait /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/ |
remontions /ʁə.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
remontiez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tje/ |
remontaient /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | remontai /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/ |
remontas /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta/ |
remonta /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta/ |
remontâmes /ʁə.mɔ̃.tam/ |
remontâtes /ʁə.mɔ̃.tat/ |
remontèrent /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | remonterai /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁe/ |
remonteras /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁa/ |
remontera /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁa/ |
remonterons /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
remonterez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁe/ |
remonteront /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | remonterais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
remonterais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
remonterait /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
remonterions /ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
remonteriez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
remonteraient /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ |
remontes /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ |
remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ |
remontions /ʁə.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
remontiez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tje/ |
remontent /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
remontasse /ʁə.mɔ̃.tas/ |
remontasses /ʁə.mɔ̃.tas/ |
remontât /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta/ |
remontassions /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
remontassiez /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta.sje/ |
remontassent /ʁə.mɔ̃.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ |
— | remontons /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
remontez /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/ |
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Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
remonter
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of remonter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | remonter | avoir remonté | |||||
| gerund | en remontant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | remontant | ||||||
| past participle | remonté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | remont | remontes | remonte | remontons | remontez | remontent |
| imperfect | remontoie, remonteie, remontoe, remonteve | remontoies, remonteies, remontoes, remonteves | remontoit, remonteit, remontot, remonteve | remontiiens, remontiens | remontiiez, remontiez | remontoient, remonteient, remontoent, remontevent | |
| preterite | remontai | remontas | remonta | remontames | remontastes | remonterent | |
| future | remonterai | remonteras | remontera | remonterons | remonteroiz, remontereiz, remonterez | remonteront | |
| conditional | remonteroie, remontereie | remonteroies, remontereies | remonteroit, remontereit | remonteriiens, remonteriens | remonteriiez, remonteriez | remonteroient, remontereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | remont | remonz | remont | remontons | remontez | remontent |
| imperfect | remontasse | remontasses | remontast | remontissons, remontissiens | remontissoiz, remontissez, remontissiez | remontassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | remonte | — | remontons | remontez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- remunter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub