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FRENCH VERB

réunir

to bring together, to gather

  • Regular -ir verb
  • Past participle: réuni
  • Present participle: réunissant

Conjugation

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Present

Présent · now, habits and facts

  1. je I bring together
  2. tu you bring together
  3. il, elle, on he/she brings together
  4. nous we bring together
  5. vous you bring together
  6. ils, elles they bring together

Past

Passé composé · finished actions

  1. je I brought together
  2. tu you brought together
  3. il, elle, on he/she brought together
  4. nous we brought together
  5. vous you brought together
  6. ils, elles they brought together

Imperfect

Imparfait · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. je I used to bring together
  2. tu you used to bring together
  3. il, elle, on he/she used to bring together
  4. nous we used to bring together
  5. vous you used to bring together
  6. ils, elles they used to bring together

Future

Futur simple · plans; in speech, “je vais parler” is just as common

  1. je I will bring together
  2. tu you will bring together
  3. il, elle, on he/she will bring together
  4. nous we will bring together
  5. vous you will bring together
  6. ils, elles they will bring together

Conditional

Conditionnel · “would”, polite requests

  1. je I would bring together
  2. tu you would bring together
  3. il, elle, on he/she would bring together
  4. nous we would bring together
  5. vous you would bring together
  6. ils, elles they would bring together

Present subjunctive

Subjonctif présent · wishes, doubts, “il faut que …”

  1. je (that) I bring together
  2. tu (that) you bring together
  3. il, elle, on (that) he/she bring together
  4. nous (that) we bring together
  5. vous (that) you bring together
  6. ils, elles (that) they bring together

Imperative

Impératif · requests and orders

  1. tu bring together!
  2. nous bring together! (let’s)
  3. vous bring together! (plural, or formal)

How to use réunir

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ce festival réunit des musiciens de toute l'Europe.

    This festival brings together musicians from all over Europe.

  2. Past

    On a réuni toute la famille pour ses quatre-vingts ans.

    We gathered the whole family for her eightieth.

  3. Imperfect

    Ma grand-mère réunissait ses enfants chaque dimanche.

    My grandmother gathered her children every Sunday.

  4. Future

    Je réunirai l'équipe lundi pour en parler.

    I'll bring the team together on Monday to talk about it.

  5. Conditional

    Un dîner réunirait tout le monde plus facilement qu'une réunion.

    A dinner would bring everyone together more easily than a meeting.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Il faut que vous réunissiez tous les documents avant mardi.

    You need to gather all the documents before Tuesday.

  7. Imperative

    Réunissez vos affaires, on part dans dix minutes.

    Gather your things, we're leaving in ten minutes.

Good to know

  • Se réunir is to meet, as a group : on se réunit tous les lundis. Une réunion is a meeting.
  • Réunir les conditions is to meet the conditions.

Where you hear réunir

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

French · Intermediate Level 3

  • Noël nous réunit tous les ans. Christmas brings us together every year.
  • Cette table a réuni deux familles. This table brought two families together.
  • On va réunir tout le monde en juillet. We're going to gather everyone in July.

French · Advanced Level 1

  • Noël nous réunit tous les ans. Christmas brings us together every year.
  • Cette table a réuni deux familles. This table brought two families together.
  • On va réunir tout le monde en juillet. We're going to gather everyone in July.
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Two Families Meet

Intermediate Level 3 · Ce qui nous réunit, c'est ces deux-là. Et le vin de Noël.

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Telling the Teachers

Advanced Level 1 · Je vous ai réunis parce que j'ai une nouvelle à vous annoncer.

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The Ceremony, the Reading

Advanced Level 3 · Mesdames et messieurs, au nom de la République, nous sommes réunis aujourd'hui pour célébrer le mariage d'Emma et de Hugo. · Nous sommes réunis aujourd'hui.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ir verb.