souvenir
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[edit] English
Souvenirs from around the world. Clockwise from top, Empire State Building, New York City, New York, USA; Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; Queen's Guards, London, United Kingdom; Eiffel Tower, Paris, France.
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[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌsuːvəˈnɪər/
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From French souvenir.
[edit] Noun
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souvenir (plural souvenirs)
- An item of sentimental value, to remember an event or location.
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item of sentimental value to remember an event or location
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[edit] French
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[edit] Verb
se souvenir
- (reflexive) To remember
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Conjugation of souvenir
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | se souvenir | s’être souvenu | |||||
| gerund | en se souvenant | en s’étant followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | se souvenant | ||||||
| past participle | souvenu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me souviens | te souviens | se souvient | nous souvenons | vous souvenez | se souviennent |
| imperfect | me souvenais | te souvenais | se souvenait | nous souvenions | vous souveniez | se souvenaient | |
| past historic | me souvins | te souvins | se souvint | nous souvînmes | vous souvîntes | se souvinrent | |
| future | me souviendrai | te souviendras | se souviendra | nous souviendrons | vous souviendrez | se souviendront | |
| conditional | me souviendrais | te souviendrais | se souviendrait | nous souviendrions | vous souviendriez | se souviendraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use present tense of s’être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s’être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of s’être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s’être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s’être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me souvienne | te souviennes | se souvienne | nous souvenions | vous souveniez | se souviennent |
| imperfect | me souvinsse | te souvinsses | se souvînt | nous souvinssions | vous souvinssiez | se souvinssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of s’être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of s’être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | souviens-toi | — | souvenons-nous | souvenez-vous | — | ||
[edit] Noun
souvenir m. (plural souvenirs)
- memory (mental picture).
- Je n'ai pas le souvenir de t'avoir dit ça...
- souvenir
- J'ai ramené un souvenir de Paris.
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[edit] Noun
souvenir m. inv.