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amener: Conjugation

The amener conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb amener according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of amener, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of amener at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
j' amène tu amènes il/elle amène nous amenons vous amenez ils/elles amènent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai amené tu as amené il/elle a amené nous avons amené vous avez amené ils/elles ont amené Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' amenais tu amenais il/elle amenait nous amenions vous ameniez ils/elles amenaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais amené tu avais amené il/elle avait amené nous avions amené vous aviez amené ils/elles avaient amené Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' amènerai tu amèneras il/elle amènera nous amènerons vous amènerez ils/elles amèneront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai amené tu auras amené il/elle aura amené nous aurons amené vous aurez amené ils/elles auront amené Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' amènerais tu amènerais il/elle amènerait nous amènerions vous amèneriez ils/elles amèneraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais amené tu aurais amené il/elle aurait amené nous aurions amené vous auriez amené ils/elles auraient amené Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' amène tu amènes il/elle amène nous amenions vous ameniez ils/elles amènent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie amené tu aies amené il/elle ait amené nous ayons amené vous ayez amené ils/elles aient amené Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' amenai tu amenas il/elle amena nous amenâmes vous amenâtes ils/elles amenèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus amené tu eus amené il/elle eut amené nous eûmes amené vous eûtes amené ils/elles eurent amené Pronounce these verb forms

This verb is essentially a regular -er verb like arriver, donner etc, except that the vowel of the stem changes from a schwa (written e and often ellided) to è. The vowel changes occurs:

• Before non-syllabic endings in the present tense (i.e. except in the nous and vous forms);
• Throughout the future and conditional tenses.

(This vowel change is probably driven by the fact that the schwa does not occur in closed syllables in French. Unfortunately syllabification does not fully explain the future and conditional forms since, e.g. a-che-trai and ach'-trai would in terms of syllabification be well-defined.)

For some verbs ending in -eter and -eler, it is not universally agreed whether to adopt the e grave spelling as given here, or to double the l or t. For a full discussion of this issue, see my discussion of the spelling of -eter and -eler verbs.