ramener

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ amener.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁa.m(ə).ne/
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Verb

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

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	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	ramener
present participle or gerund¹	simple	ramenant /ʁam.nɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	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/
(simple tenses)	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
(compound tenses)	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 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).