mener
French
Etymology
From Old French mener, from Vulgar Latin *minō, *mināre, reformed from Classical Latin deponent minor (“threaten”). Sense development via "goad, drive animals".
Pronunciation
Verb
mener
- (transitive) to lead, to take
- Le bus va nous mener au château.
- The bus will lead us to the castle.
- to lead, to run, to take charge
- Louis va mener ce cours.
- Louis will lead this lesson.
- to lead, to be leading, to be in the lead
- L’équipe bleue mène 2 à 0.
- The blue team is leading 2–0.
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “mener”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ladin
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mināre, from Latin minārī, present active infinitive of minor.
Verb
mener
Conjugation
- Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | mener, mené | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avei | gerund | menan | |||
past participle | mené | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | ie | tu | el / ela | nos | vos | ei / eles |
present | meine, meineie | meines, meineis | meina, meineia, menea | menon | meneis | meina, meineia |
imperfect | menove | menoves | menova | menovan | menovais | menova |
future | menaré | menaras | menarà | menaron | menareis | menarà |
subjunctive | che ie | che tu | che el / ela | che nos | che vos | che ei / eles |
present | meine, meineie | meines, meineis | meine, meineie | menon | meneis | meine |
imperfect | menasse | menasses | menassa | menassan | menassais | menassa |
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – |
— | meina, meineia | — | menon | menede | — |
Norman
Verb
mener
- Alternative form of m'ner
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
mener
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *mināre, from Latin minārī, present active infinitive of minor.
Verb
mener
- (transitive) to lead (encourage something or someone to go somewhere)
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | mener | avoir mené | |||||
gerund | en menant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | menant | ||||||
past participle | mené | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | mein, main | meines, maines | meine, maine | menons | menez | meinent, mainent |
imperfect | menoie, meneie, menoe, meneve | menoies, meneies, menoes, meneves | menoit, meneit, menot, meneve | meniiens, meniens | meniiez, meniez | menoient, meneient, menoent, menevent | |
preterite | menai | menas | mena | menames | menastes | menerent | |
future | menerai | meneras | menera | menerons | meneroiz, menereiz, menerez | meneront | |
conditional | meneroie, menereie | meneroies, menereies | meneroit, menereit | meneriiens, meneriens | meneriiez, meneriez | meneroient, menereient | |
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 | mein, main | meins, mains | meint, maint | menons | menez | meinent, mainent |
imperfect | menasse | menasses | menast | menissons, menissiens | menissoiz, menissez, menissiez | menassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | meine, maine | — | menons | menez | — |
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