emmener

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French

Etymology

Attested in Old French as enmener. By surface analysis, en- +‎ mener.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.m(ə).ne/
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Verb

emmener

  1. (transitive) to take off, take away or out
  2. (transitive) to take (someone) along somewhere, to take (something) with (someone)
    • 1997, “J’t’emmène au vent”, performed by Louise Attaque:
      Allez viens, j’t’emmène au vent / Je t’emmène au-dessus des gens
      Come on, I'll take you with me to the wind / I'll take you with me above the people

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 emmène and the third-person singular future indicative il emmènera.

Conjugation of emmener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple emmener
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple emmenant
/ɑ̃m.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle emmené
/ɑ̃m.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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/
past historic2 emmenai
/ɑ̃m.ne/ 		emmenas
/ɑ̃m.na/ 		emmena
/ɑ̃m.na/ 		emmenâmes
/ɑ̃m.nam/ 		emmenâtes
/ɑ̃m.nat/ 		emmenèrent
/ɑ̃m.nɛʁ/
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/
conditional emmènerais
/ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɛ/ 		emmènerais
/ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɛ/ 		emmènerait
/ɑ̃.mɛn.ʁɛ/ 		emmènerions
/ɑ̃.mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.me.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		emmèneriez
/ɑ̃.mɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.me.nə.ʁje/ 		emmèneraient
/ɑ̃.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 emmène
/ɑ̃.mɛn/ 		emmènes
/ɑ̃.mɛn/ 		emmène
/ɑ̃.mɛn/ 		emmenions
/ɑ̃.mə.njɔ̃/ 		emmeniez
/ɑ̃.mə.nje/ 		emmènent
/ɑ̃.mɛn/
imperfect2 emmenasse
/ɑ̃m.nas/ 		emmenasses
/ɑ̃m.nas/ 		emmenât
/ɑ̃m.na/ 		emmenassions
/ɑ̃m.na.sjɔ̃/ 		emmenassiez
/ɑ̃m.na.sje/ 		emmenassent
/ɑ̃m.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — emmène
/ɑ̃.mɛn/ 		— emmenons
/ɑ̃m.nɔ̃/ 		emmenez
/ɑ̃m.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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