ressouvenir
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).
| infinitive | simple | se ressouvenir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se ressouvenant /sə ʁə.suv.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ressouvenu /ʁə.suv.ny/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me ressouviens /mə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃/ |
te ressouviens /tə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃/ |
se ressouvient /sə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃/ |
nous ressouvenons /nu ʁə.suv.nɔ̃/ |
vous ressouvenez /vu ʁə.suv.ne/ |
se ressouviennent /sə ʁə.su.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect | me ressouvenais /mə ʁə.suv.nɛ/ |
te ressouvenais /tə ʁə.suv.nɛ/ |
se ressouvenait /sə ʁə.suv.nɛ/ |
nous ressouvenions /nu ʁə.su.və.njɔ̃/ |
vous ressouveniez /vu ʁə.su.və.nje/ |
se ressouvenaient /sə ʁə.suv.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me ressouvins /mə ʁə.su.vɛ̃/ |
te ressouvins /tə ʁə.su.vɛ̃/ |
se ressouvint /sə ʁə.su.vɛ̃/ |
nous ressouvînmes /nu ʁə.su.vɛ̃m/ |
vous ressouvîntes /vu ʁə.su.vɛ̃t/ |
se ressouvinrent /sə ʁə.su.vɛ̃ʁ/ | |
| future | me ressouviendrai /mə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
te ressouviendras /tə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
se ressouviendra /sə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
nous ressouviendrons /nu ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
vous ressouviendrez /vu ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
se ressouviendront /sə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me ressouviendrais /mə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
te ressouviendrais /tə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
se ressouviendrait /sə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
nous ressouviendrions /nu ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
vous ressouviendriez /vu ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
se ressouviendraient /sə ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me ressouvienne /mə ʁə.su.vjɛn/ |
te ressouviennes /tə ʁə.su.vjɛn/ |
se ressouvienne /sə ʁə.su.vjɛn/ |
nous ressouvenions /nu ʁə.su.və.njɔ̃/ |
vous ressouveniez /vu ʁə.su.və.nje/ |
se ressouviennent /sə ʁə.su.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | me ressouvinsse /mə ʁə.su.vɛ̃s/ |
te ressouvinsses /tə ʁə.su.vɛ̃s/ |
se ressouvînt /sə ʁə.su.vɛ̃/ |
nous ressouvinssions /nu ʁə.su.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
vous ressouvinssiez /vu ʁə.su.vɛ̃.sje/ |
se ressouvinssent /sə ʁə.su.vɛ̃s/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ressouviens-toi /ʁə.su.vjɛ̃.twa/ |
— | ressouvenons-nous /ʁə.suv.nɔ̃.nu/ |
ressouvenez-vous /ʁə.suv.ne.vu/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||