renouer
French
editEtymology
editVerb
editrenouer
- (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)
Conjugation
editConjugation of renouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | renouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | renouant /ʁə.nwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | renoué /ʁə.nwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | renouai /ʁə.nwe/ |
renouas /ʁə.nwa/ |
renoua /ʁə.nwa/ |
renouâmes /ʁə.nwam/ |
renouâtes /ʁə.nwat/ |
renouèrent /ʁə.nwɛʁ/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | renoue /ʁə.nu/ |
renoues /ʁə.nu/ |
renoue /ʁə.nu/ |
renouions /ʁə.nu.jɔ̃/ |
renouiez /ʁə.nu.je/ |
renouent /ʁə.nu/ |
| imperfect2 | renouasse /ʁə.nwas/ |
renouasses /ʁə.nwas/ |
renouât /ʁə.nwa/ |
renouassions /ʁə.nwa.sjɔ̃/ |
renouassiez /ʁə.nwa.sje/ |
renouassent /ʁə.nwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | renoue /ʁə.nu/ |
— | renouons /ʁə.nwɔ̃/ |
renouez /ʁə.nwe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “renouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.