Grammatical class

Verb

raconter

to recount; to tell; to narrate

Details

Syllables

ra-con-ter

Phonetics

ʁa.kɔ̃.te

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

825

Freq. (movies)

916

Freq. (news)

4671

Sentences

Je peux tout lui raconter.

I can tell him everything.

A1

J'ai une histoire à raconter.

I have a story to tell.

A1

Bon, arrête de te la raconter.

Stop showing off already.

A1

Tom aime raconter des blagues.

Tom enjoys telling jokes.

A1

[J’ai] pas de leçons à donner, juste mon histoire à raconter.

[I have] no lessons to teach, just my story to tell.

A2

Je veux tout te raconter.

I want to tell you everything.

A2

J'ai oublié de lui raconter.

I forgot to tell her.

A2

J'ai oublié de leur raconter.

I forgot to tell them.

B1

Elle a tenté de tout raconter.

She tried to tell the whole story.

B1

Sami commença à raconter l'histoire.

Sami started telling the story.

B1

Il est trop tôt pour raconter quoi que ce soit.

It's too early to tell anything.

B1

Elle n'a pas pu me raconter un mensonge.

She cannot have told a lie to me.

B2