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mener: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je mène tu mènes il/elle mène nous menons vous menez ils/elles mènent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai mené tu as mené il/elle a mené nous avons mené vous avez mené ils/elles ont mené Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je menais tu menais il/elle menait nous menions vous meniez ils/elles menaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais mené tu avais mené il/elle avait mené nous avions mené vous aviez mené ils/elles avaient mené Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je mènerai tu mèneras il/elle mènera nous mènerons vous mènerez ils/elles mèneront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai mené tu auras mené il/elle aura mené nous aurons mené vous aurez mené ils/elles auront mené Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je mènerais tu mènerais il/elle mènerait nous mènerions vous mèneriez ils/elles mèneraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais mené tu aurais mené il/elle aurait mené nous aurions mené vous auriez mené ils/elles auraient mené Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je mène tu mènes il/elle mène nous menions vous meniez ils/elles mènent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie mené tu aies mené il/elle ait mené nous ayons mené vous ayez mené ils/elles aient mené Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je menai tu menas il/elle mena nous menâmes vous menâtes ils/elles menèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus mené tu eus mené il/elle eut mené nous eûmes mené vous eûtes mené ils/elles eurent mené 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.