raconter

French

Etymology

Inherited from 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

  1. to recount; to tell; to narrate
    • 2018, Zaz, Si c'était à refaire:
      [J’ai] pas de leçons à donner, juste mon histoire à raconter.
      [I have] no lessons to teach, just my story to tell.

Conjugation
Conjugation of raconter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple raconter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple racontant
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle raconté
/ʁa.kɔ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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 historic2 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 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 raconte
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/		 racontes
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/		 raconte
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/		 racontions
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tjɔ̃/		 racontiez
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tje/		 racontent
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/
imperfect2 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — raconte
/ʁa.kɔ̃t/		 — racontons
/ʁa.kɔ̃.tɔ̃/		 racontez
/ʁa.kɔ̃.te/		 —
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Etymology

Inherited from Old French raconter, from re- +‎ aconter (from conter (“to tell (a story, etc.)”)).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Verb

raconter

  1. (Jersey) to relate, recount, narrate

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