mener

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mener, from Latin mināre, collateral form of minārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mə.ne/
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Verb

mener

  1. (transitive) to lead, to take
    Le bus va nous mener au château.
    The bus will lead us to the castle.
  2. to lead, to run, to take charge
    Louis va mener ce cours.
    Louis will lead this lesson.
  3. to lead, to be leading, to be in the lead
    L’équipe bleue mène 2 à 0.
    The blue team is leading 2–0.

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 mène and the third-person singular future indicative il mènera.

Conjugation of mener (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple mener
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple menant
/mə.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle mené
/mə.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present mène
/mɛn/ 		mènes
/mɛn/ 		mène
/mɛn/ 		menons
/mə.nɔ̃/ 		menez
/mə.ne/ 		mènent
/mɛn/
imperfect menais
/mə.nɛ/ 		menais
/mə.nɛ/ 		menait
/mə.nɛ/ 		menions
/mə.njɔ̃/ 		meniez
/mə.nje/ 		menaient
/mə.nɛ/
past historic2 menai
/mə.ne/ 		menas
/mə.na/ 		mena
/mə.na/ 		menâmes
/mə.nam/ 		menâtes
/mə.nat/ 		menèrent
/mə.nɛʁ/
future mènerai
/mɛn.ʁe/ 		mèneras
/mɛn.ʁa/ 		mènera
/mɛn.ʁa/ 		mènerons
/mɛn.ʁɔ̃/ 		mènerez
/mɛn.ʁe/ 		mèneront
/mɛn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional mènerais
/mɛn.ʁɛ/ 		mènerais
/mɛn.ʁɛ/ 		mènerait
/mɛn.ʁɛ/ 		mènerions
/mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /me.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		mèneriez
/mɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /me.nə.ʁje/ 		mèneraient
/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 mène
/mɛn/ 		mènes
/mɛn/ 		mène
/mɛn/ 		menions
/mə.njɔ̃/ 		meniez
/mə.nje/ 		mènent
/mɛn/
imperfect2 menasse
/mə.nas/ 		menasses
/mə.nas/ 		menât
/mə.na/ 		menassions
/mə.na.sjɔ̃/ 		menassiez
/mə.na.sje/ 		menassent
/mə.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mène
/mɛn/ 		— menons
/mə.nɔ̃/ 		menez
/mə.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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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin mināre, collateral form of minārī.

Verb

mener

  1. to take or lead (someone somewhere)

Conjugation

  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of mener (first conjugation, irregular)
infinitive mener, mené
auxiliary verb avei gerund menan
past participle mené
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie tu el / ela nos vos ei / eles
present meine, meineie meines, meineis meina, meineia, menea menon meneis meina, meineia
imperfect menove menoves menova menovan menovais menova
future menaré menaras menarà menaron menareis menarà
subjunctive che ie che tu che el / ela che nos che vos che ei / eles
present meine, meineie meines, meineis meine, meineie menon meneis meine
imperfect menasse menasses menassa menassan menassais menassa
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— meina, meineia — menon menede —

Norman

Verb

mener

  1. Alternative form of m'ner

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

mener

  1. present tense of mene

Old French

Etymology

From Latin mināre, collateral form of minārī.

Verb

mener

  1. (transitive) to lead (encourage something or someone to go somewhere)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. It has two stems, a unstressed one in -men- that appears in most forms and a stressed one in -mein- (also -main-) that appears in parts of the present indicative, subjunctive and imperative. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of mener (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive mener avoir mené
gerund en menant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle menant
past participle mené
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present mein, main meines, maines meine, maine menons menez meinent, mainent
imperfect menoie, meneie, menoe, meneve menoies, meneies, menoes, meneves menoit, meneit, menot, meneve meniiens, meniens meniiez, meniez menoient, meneient, menoent, menevent
preterite menai menas mena menames menastes menerent
future menerai meneras menera menerons meneroiz, menereiz, menerez meneront
conditional meneroie, menereie meneroies, menereies meneroit, menereit meneriiens, meneriens meneriiez, meneriez meneroient, menereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present mein, main meins, mains meint, maint menons menez meinent, mainent
imperfect menasse menasses menast menissons, menissiens menissoiz, menissez, menissiez menassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— meine, maine — menons menez —

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Descendants

  • French: mener
  • Norman: m'ner (Jersey)
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