amener

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French amener, from a- + mener (“to lead”), ultimately from Latin minārī (“to threaten”) (infinitive minārī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.m(ə).ne/

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Verb

amener

1. to bring (a person), take, fetch, give a lift, give a ride

   Je peux t'amener chez toi? ― Can I give you a lift home?

   Elle m'a amené en voiture à la gare. ― She gave me a lift to the station.

2. to reel in (a fish)
3. to lead

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 amène and the third-person singular future indicative il amènera.

Conjugation of amener (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	amener
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	amenant /am.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amené /am.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amène /a.mɛn/	amènes /a.mɛn/	amène /a.mɛn/	amenons /am.nɔ̃/	amenez /am.ne/	amènent /a.mɛn/
	imperfect	amenais /am.nɛ/	amenais /am.nɛ/	amenait /am.nɛ/	amenions /a.mə.njɔ̃/	ameniez /a.mə.nje/	amenaient /am.nɛ/
	past historic2	amenai /am.ne/	amenas /am.na/	amena /am.na/	amenâmes /am.nam/	amenâtes /am.nat/	amenèrent /am.nɛʁ/
	future	amènerai /a.mɛn.ʁe/	amèneras /a.mɛn.ʁa/	amènera /a.mɛn.ʁa/	amènerons /a.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/	amènerez /a.mɛn.ʁe/	amèneront /a.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amènerais /a.mɛn.ʁɛ/	amènerais /a.mɛn.ʁɛ/	amènerait /a.mɛn.ʁɛ/	amènerions /a.mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.me.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	amèneriez /a.mɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /a.me.nə.ʁje/	amèneraient /a.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	amène /a.mɛn/	amènes /a.mɛn/	amène /a.mɛn/	amenions /a.mə.njɔ̃/	ameniez /a.mə.nje/	amènent /a.mɛn/
	imperfect2	amenasse /am.nas/	amenasses /am.nas/	amenât /am.na/	amenassions /am.na.sjɔ̃/	amenassiez /am.na.sje/	amenassent /am.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amène /a.mɛn/	—	amenons /am.nɔ̃/	amenez /am.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).

Related terms

• amenage
• apporter
• emmener
• emporter
• mener
• ramener

Further reading

• “amener”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• émaner
• mènera
• ramené, ramène

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• amen

Noun

amener n

1. indefinite plural of amen

Old French

Verb

amener

1. to bring
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     On li amaine .i. bon courant destrier

     They brought him a good, fast warhorse

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 amener (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		amener			avoir amené
gerund		en amenant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		amenant
past participle		amené
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	amein, amain	ameines, amaines	ameine, amaine	amenons	amenez	ameinent, amainent
	imperfect	amenoie, ameneie, amenoe, ameneve	amenoies, ameneies, amenoes, ameneves	amenoit, ameneit, amenot, ameneve	ameniiens, ameniens	ameniiez, ameniez	amenoient, ameneient, amenoent, amenevent
	preterite	amenai	amenas	amena	amenames	amenastes	amenerent
	future	amenerai	ameneras	amenera	amenerons	ameneroiz, amenereiz, amenerez	ameneront
	conditional	ameneroie, amenereie	ameneroies, amenereies	ameneroit, amenereit	ameneriiens, ameneriens	ameneriiez, ameneriez	ameneroient, amenereient
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	amein, amain	ameins, amains	ameint, amaint	amenons	amenez	ameinent, amainent
	imperfect	amenasse	amenasses	amenast	amenissons, amenissiens	amenissoiz, amenissez, amenissiez	amenassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	ameine, amaine	—	amenons	amenez	—

Synonyms

• aporter

Descendants

• French: amener
• Norman: emm'ner