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renouer
renouer
French
Verb
renouer
- (transitive) to tie in a knot again
- (transitive) to pick up on (a conversation)
- (reflexive, ~ avec) to rekindle a friendship (with), to get back in touch (with)
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Conjugation
Conjugation of renouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | renouer | avoir renoué | |||||
| gerund | en renouant | en ayant renoué | |||||
| present participle | renouant /ʁə.nwɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | renoué /ʁə.nwe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | renoue /ʁə.nu/ |
renoues /ʁə.nu/ |
renoue /ʁə.nu/ |
renouons /ʁə.nwɔ̃/ |
renouez /ʁə.nwe/ |
renouent /ʁə.nu/ |
| imperfect | renouais /ʁə.nwɛ/ |
renouais /ʁə.nwɛ/ |
renouait /ʁə.nwɛ/ |
renouions /ʁə.nu.jɔ̃/ |
renouiez /ʁə.nu.je/ |
renouaient /ʁə.nwɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | renouai /ʁə.nwe/ |
renouas /ʁə.nwa/ |
renoua /ʁə.nwa/ |
renouâmes /ʁə.nwam/ |
renouâtes /ʁə.nwat/ |
renouèrent /ʁə.nwɛʁ/ |
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| future | renouerai /ʁə.nu.ʁe/ |
renoueras /ʁə.nu.ʁa/ |
renouera /ʁə.nu.ʁa/ |
renouerons /ʁə.nu.ʁɔ̃/ |
renouerez /ʁə.nu.ʁe/ |
renoueront /ʁə.nu.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | renouerais /ʁə.nu.ʁɛ/ |
renouerais /ʁə.nu.ʁɛ/ |
renouerait /ʁə.nu.ʁɛ/ |
renouerions /ʁə.nu.ʁjɔ̃/ |
renoueriez /ʁə.nu.ʁje/ |
renoueraient /ʁə.nu.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | renoue /ʁə.nu/ |
renoues /ʁə.nu/ |
renoue /ʁə.nu/ |
renouions /ʁə.nu.jɔ̃/ |
renouiez /ʁə.nu.je/ |
renouent /ʁə.nu/ |
| imperfect1 |
renouasse /ʁə.nwas/ |
renouasses /ʁə.nwas/ |
renouât /ʁə.nwa/ |
renouassions /ʁə.nwa.sjɔ̃/ |
renouassiez /ʁə.nwa.sje/ |
renouassent /ʁə.nwas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | renoue /ʁə.nu/ |
— | renouons /ʁə.nwɔ̃/ |
renouez /ʁə.nwe/ |
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