Daily Verb Lesson: French for lead is mener
The French for lead is the regular ER verb mener.To remember this, imagine de Gualle leads MANY French MEN.
Mener can also mean: to take somewhere, to carry out; to pursue.
Related words include:
- les menées (nfpl) : intrigues.
- mener à bien : to complete something successfully.
- mener la grande vie (exp) : to live it up.
Some ER verbs ending in -ecer, -emer, -ener, -eper, -erer, -eser, -ever and
-evrer add a grave accent to the mute letter e (è) before a silent syllable. This changes it to an open sound. Examples of this family of verb conjugations: mener, emmener, ramener, remmener, parsemer de, achever, grever.
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Imagine de Gualle leads MANY French MEN
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Présent lead |
mène | mènes | mène | menons | menez | mènent |
| Past Imperfect Imparfait led |
menais | menais | menait | menions | meniez | menaient |
| Simple Past Passé Simple led |
menai | menas | mena | menâmes | menâtes | menèrent |
| Future Futur will lead |
mènerai | mèneras | mènera | mènerons | mènerez | mèneront |
| Conditional Conditionnel would lead |
mènerais | mènerais | mènerait | mènerions | mèneriez | mèneraient |
| Present Subjunctive Subjonctif may lead |
mène | mènes | mène | menions | meniez | mènent |
| Present Perfect Passé Composé have led |
ai mené | as mené | a mené | avons mené | avez mené | ont mené |
| Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had led |
avais mené | avais mené | avait mené | avions mené | aviez mené | avaient mené |
| Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have led |
aurai mené | auras mené | aura mené | aurons mené | aurez mené | auront mené |
| Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have led |
aurais mené | aurais mené | aurait mené | aurions mené | auriez mené | auraient mené |
| Imperative Imperatif lead! |
mène ! | menons ! | menez ! | |||
✔ mener is a regular ER verb. There are over 5,000 ER verbs these being the most common verbs in French.
✔ Learn mener and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other ER verbs.
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