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emmener: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' emmène tu emmènes il/elle emmène nous emmenons vous emmenez ils/elles emmènent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai emmené tu as emmené il/elle a emmené nous avons emmené vous avez emmené ils/elles ont emmené Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' emmenais tu emmenais il/elle emmenait nous emmenions vous emmeniez ils/elles emmenaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais emmené tu avais emmené il/elle avait emmené nous avions emmené vous aviez emmené ils/elles avaient emmené Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' emmènerai tu emmèneras il/elle emmènera nous emmènerons vous emmènerez ils/elles emmèneront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai emmené tu auras emmené il/elle aura emmené nous aurons emmené vous aurez emmené ils/elles auront emmené Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' emmènerais tu emmènerais il/elle emmènerait nous emmènerions vous emmèneriez ils/elles emmèneraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais emmené tu aurais emmené il/elle aurait emmené nous aurions emmené vous auriez emmené ils/elles auraient emmené Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' emmène tu emmènes il/elle emmène nous emmenions vous emmeniez ils/elles emmènent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie emmené tu aies emmené il/elle ait emmené nous ayons emmené vous ayez emmené ils/elles aient emmené Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' emmenai tu emmenas il/elle emmena nous emmenâmes vous emmenâtes ils/elles emmenèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus emmené tu eus emmené il/elle eut emmené nous eûmes emmené vous eûtes emmené ils/elles eurent emmené 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.