The French verb venir is French for come, or 'to come'.
To remember this imagine that you COME to VIENNA to get a SOUVENIR.
VENIR is one of the most important verbs in French and is also used for the common idiomatic expression venir de which means 'to have just done something'.
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to come: venir
Imagine you COME to VIENNA to get a SOUVENIR..
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www.200words-a-day.com VERB CONJUGATION TABLE VENIR |
Simple Tenses venir |
TENSE |
je/j’ |
tu |
il |
nous |
vous |
ils |
Present Présent come |
viens |
viens |
vient |
venons |
venez |
viennent |
Past Imperfect Imparfait came |
venais |
venais |
venait |
venions |
veniez |
venaient |
Simple Past Passé Simple came |
vins |
vins |
vint |
vînmes |
vîntes |
vinrent |
Future Futur will come |
viendrai |
viendras |
viendra |
viendrons |
viendrez |
viendront |
Conditional Conditionnel would come |
viendrais |
viendrais |
viendrait |
viendrions |
viendriez |
viendraient |
Subjunctive Subjonctif may come |
vienne |
viennes |
vienne |
venions |
veniez |
viennent |
Compound Tenses venir - past participle: venu |
Present Perfect Passé Composé have come |
suis venu(e) |
es venu(e) |
est venu(e) |
sommes venu(e)s |
êtes venu(e)s |
sont venu(e)s |
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had come |
étais venu(e) |
étais venu(e) |
était venu(e) |
étions venu(e)s |
étiez venu(e)s |
étaient venu(e)s |
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have come |
serai venu(e) |
seras venu(e) |
sera venu(e) |
serons venu(e)s |
serez venu(e)s |
seront venu(e)s |
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have come |
serais venu(e) |
serais venu(e) |
serait venu(e) |
serons venu(e)s |
serez venu(e)s |
seraient venu(e)s |
Imperative Imperatif come! |
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viens |
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venons |
venez |
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EXAMPLES of the FRENCH VERB VENIR in USE
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The French verb venir means to come:
D’où viens-tu ?
Where do you come from?
Je viens de France.
I come from France.
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Il n’est pas venu á son rendez-vous cette semaine.
He didn’t show up this week.
Ca vient du fond du coeur.
It is genuinely honest.
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Une autre équipe va venir en renfort.
Another squad is coming to back us up.
Elle prévoit de faire un bébé dans les mois à venir. She is planning on having a baby during the next few months.
Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre.
Everything comes to he who waits.
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IMPORTANT IDIOMATIC USE OF VENIR
The expression ’venir de’ followed by an infinitive means to have just done something:
Je viens de faire réparer la voiture.
I’ve just had the car fixed.
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Il vient de partir.
He has just left.
Nous venons d’acheter une maison.
We’ve just bought a house.
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There a number of verbs for which venir is the root. They are all conjugated in the same way as venir (i.e. they all have the same endings for each tense).
- advenir
- circonvenir
- contrevenir
- convenir
- devenir
- disconvenir
- intervenir
- obvenir
- parvenir
- prévenir
- provenir
- redevenir
- ressouvenir (se)
- subvenir
- survenir
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LEARN TO CONJUGATE the FRENCH VERB VENIR
- The French verb for come venir is an irregular verb from the 3rd group.
- Learn to conjugate venir, by reciting this table along the rows and down the columns.
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