All verbs

/ʁamase/to pick upA2

Family
Group 1 — regular `-er`
Takes
a direct object — Takes a direct object

Build map — what to memorise

These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.

The nous form
ramassons
Presentprésentfollows the rule

Singular — the short stem

ramass-+-e -es -e

Presentprésentfollows the rule

Plural — the nous stem

ramass-+-ons -ez -ent

Imperfectimparfaitfollows the rule

ramass-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Present participleparticipe-présentfollows the rule

ramass-+-ant

Subjunctivesubjonctif-présentfollows the rule

Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms

ramass-+-e -es -e -ent

Infinitive
ramasser
Simple futurefutur-simplefollows the rule

ramasser-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont

Conditionalconditionnel-présentfollows the rule

Futur stem + imparfait endings

ramasser-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient

Near futurefutur-prochefollows the rule

aller + infinitive

ramasser

Past participle
ramassé

Takes avoir

Passé composépassé-composéfollows the rule

avoir (present) + past participle

ramassé

Pluperfectplus-que-parfaitfollows the rule

Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle

ramassé

Conjugation

présent
Ije ramasse/ʒə ʁamas/I pick up
youtu ramasses/ty ʁamas/you pick up
he/sheil ramasse/il ʁamas/he picks up
wenous ramassons/nu ʁamasɔ̃/we pick up
youvous ramassez/vu ʁamase/you pick up
theyils ramassent/il ʁamas/they pick up

Examples

  • Je ramasse le papier.

    /ʒə ʁa.mas lə pa.pje/

    I pick the paper up.

  • Nous avons ramassé les feuilles.

    /nu.z‿a.vɔ̃ ʁa.ma.se le fœj/

    We gathered the leaves.

  • Ramasse-le.

    /ʁa.ma.slə/

    Pick it up.

Set phrases

  • ramasser les copies

    to collect the papers in

Notes

  • ramasser is picking something up off the ground; cueillir is picking what grows.