raconter

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French raconter, from re- +‎ aconter (from conter (“to tell (a story, etc.)”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.kɔ̃.te/
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Verb

raconter

  1. to recount; to tell; to narrate
    • 2018, Zaz, Si c'était à refaire:
      [J’ai] pas de leçons à donner, juste mon histoire à raconter.
      no lessons to teach, just my story to tell.

Conjugation

Conjugation of raconter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple raconter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple racontant
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle raconté
/ʁa.kɔ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present raconte
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/ 		racontes
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/ 		raconte
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/ 		racontons
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		racontez
/ʁa.kɔ̃.te/ 		racontent
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/
imperfect racontais
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/ 		racontais
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/ 		racontait
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/ 		racontions
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		racontiez
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tje/ 		racontaient
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 racontai
/ʁa.kɔ̃.te/ 		racontas
/ʁa.kɔ̃.ta/ 		raconta
/ʁa.kɔ̃.ta/ 		racontâmes
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tam/ 		racontâtes
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tat/ 		racontèrent
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛʁ/
future raconterai
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁe/ 		raconteras
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁa/ 		racontera
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁa/ 		raconterons
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		raconterez
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁe/ 		raconteront
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional raconterais
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		raconterais
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		raconterait
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		raconterions
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		raconteriez
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		raconteraient
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 raconte
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/ 		racontes
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/ 		raconte
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/ 		racontions
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		racontiez
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tje/ 		racontent
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/
imperfect2 racontasse
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tas/ 		racontasses
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tas/ 		racontât
/ʁa.kɔ̃.ta/ 		racontassions
/ʁa.kɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		racontassiez
/ʁa.kɔ̃.ta.sje/ 		racontassent
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — raconte
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/ 		— racontons
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ 		racontez
/ʁa.kɔ̃.te/ 		—
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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Etymology

Inherited from Old French raconter, from re- +‎ aconter (from conter (“to tell (a story, etc.)”)).

Pronunciation

Verb

raconter

  1. (Jersey) to relate, recount, narrate

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