Remember / Remind

REMEMBER

        to remember = se souvenir 
        contraire: to forget

   I can remember people's faces, but not their names. You are Mr ? ...Grastskypt.

       1.  Ce verbe peut être transitif (avec un COD)

              I remember your name now, you are Mr Grastskypt

             Il peut être intransitif 

            This is the third time we 've met Doctor, remember?

      2. remember + infinitif  (action future: penser à faire quelque chose)

            Please remember to lock the door when you go out  !

       3.  remember +verbe -ing   (pour une action passée: se souvenir d'avoir fait qchose)

          I'll always remember flying to America on Concorde     

      3. remember est souvent utilisé avec when  where  why   how

               I can't remember where I have put my keys.

               Now I  remember why I didn't buy the newspaper yesterday.

               Try to remember when life was so tender that no one swept except the willow...(song)

               Do you remember how  the street looked before this skyscraper was built ?

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REMIND

           To remind = aider quelqu'un à se souvenir de quelque chose                                                                      

                 His secretary calls to remind him about the meeting. 

                remind  est toujours suivi d'un objet

                  This handkerchief has a knot. The knot reminds the  man that he has something to do.

               Sarah, could you remind Tom to phone his grandmother tomorrow ?

     Le complément d'objet de remember (lorsqu'il en a un) est ce dont on se souvient:

                     I remember my flight to New-Caledonia

                      (je me souviens de...  )

     Le complément d'objet de remind est la personne à qui l'on rappelle quelque chose:

                    This photograph reminds me of my flight to Nouméa

                     ( cette photographie me rappelle... (un élément extérieur intervient, ici la photo)

  ---- Garden of Love (chanson de Benny Hill)    forget-me-not (myosotis)

                     In my garden of love

                     Now there is a rose...

                    A forget-me-not to remind me to remember not to forget 

                    A pine tree...

----Remember to Remind Me (chanté par Ronnie Milsap)        

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                   Remember to remind me I'm leaving

                         it seems I always forget

                   Remember to remind me I'm leaving

                        someday I may make it yet

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1.
Where did you park the car? I can't remindremember.
2.
That song always remindsremembers me of our trip to Germany.
3.
John, when you come back home this evening remember buyingto buy some bread.
4.
Passengers are rememberedreminded that smoking is not allowed on this commuter train.
5.
Do you know my friend Jenny?

I remember meetingto meet her at a party once.
6.
RememberRemind, processed food is usually full of salt and sugar.
7.
How did the accident happen? I can't rememberremind anything about it.
8.
I shouldn't need to rememberremind you to wash your hands before eating.
9.
Please remember shuttingto shut the window when you go out.
10.
Oh! my bag has disappeared. I clearly remember putputting it on that chair and now it has gone.