raconter
French
Etymology
Old French raconter, from re- + aconter, from conter (“to tell (a story, etc.)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.kɔ̃.te/
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Verb
raconter
Conjugation
Conjugation of raconter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | raconter | avoir raconté | |||||
| gerund | en racontant | en ayant raconté | |||||
| present participle | racontant /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | raconté /ʁa.kɔ̃.te/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | raconte /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ |
racontes /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ |
raconte /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ |
racontons /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
racontez /ʁa.kɔ̃.te/ |
racontent /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect | racontais /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/ |
racontais /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/ |
racontait /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/ |
racontions /ʁa.kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
racontiez /ʁa.kɔ̃.tje/ |
racontaient /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | racontai /ʁa.kɔ̃.te/ |
racontas /ʁa.kɔ̃.ta/ |
raconta /ʁa.kɔ̃.ta/ |
racontâmes /ʁa.kɔ̃.tam/ |
racontâtes /ʁa.kɔ̃.tat/ |
racontèrent /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | raconterai /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
raconteras /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
racontera /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
raconterons /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
raconterez /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
raconteront /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | raconterais /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
raconterais /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
raconterait /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
raconterions /ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
raconteriez /ʁa.kɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
raconteraient /ʁa.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | raconte /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ |
racontes /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ |
raconte /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ |
racontions /ʁa.kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
racontiez /ʁa.kɔ̃.tje/ |
racontent /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 | racontasse /ʁa.kɔ̃.tas/ |
racontasses /ʁa.kɔ̃.tas/ |
racontât /ʁa.kɔ̃.ta/ |
racontassions /ʁa.kɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
racontassiez /ʁa.kɔ̃.ta.sje/ |
racontassent /ʁa.kɔ̃.tas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | raconte /ʁa.kɔ̃t/ |
— | racontons /ʁa.kɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
racontez /ʁa.kɔ̃.te/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “raconter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
Old French raconter, from re- + aconter, from conter (“to tell (a story, etc.)”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb
raconter
Derived terms
- raconteux (“narrator”)
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