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3.15: Structure - Le verbe venir

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    In this section, you will learn about the verb venir.

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    Conjugaison du verbe venir (to come)
    Singulier Pluriel
    je viens nous venons
    tu viens vous venez
    il, elle, on vient ils, elles viennent

    Venir usually means "to come" (the opposite of aller), but it can mean many other things depending on the context.

    (a) Venir (to come)

    Qui vient ce soir ? (Who’s coming tonight?)

    Il vient souvent. (He comes often.)

    (b) venir + de, pour, avec (to come + from, for, with)

    Je viens de Berlin. (I come, am coming from Berlin, I’m from Berlin.)

    Il vient pour le livre. (He comes for the book.)

    Chantal vient avec nous. (Chantal is coming with us.)

    (c) Le passé récent. Venir is also used to talk about the recent past (e.g., what you have just done) with: venir de + infinitif.

    Il vient de finir son examen. (He just finished his test.)

    Nous venons de dîner avec Paul. (We just had dinner with Paul.)

    (d) Expressions avec venir. There are also many other expressions with venir. Here are some common ones:

    Expressions avec venir
    Français Anglais

    venir à

    to come up to, reach

    venir au monde

    to come into the world

    venir chercher

    to come get

    venir jusqu’à

    to come (up) to, reach

    venir tout seul

    to detach, unblock

    ...à venir (e.g., dans les années à venir)

    ...to come (e.g., in the years to come)

    aller et venir

    to come and go, to pace

    en venir à

    to come to, turn to, reach

    en venir aux coups, aux mains

    to come to blows

    faire venir (qqn)

    to send for (someone)

    y venir

    to come around, get used to

    Ça va venir.

    It’ll come, It’ll happen.

    De là vient que…

    The result (of this) is …

    D’où vient que … ?

    How is it that …?

    Les idées ne viennent pas.

    I don’t have any ideas.

    Où veux-tu en venir ?

    What are you getting, driving at?

    Une idée m’est venue (à l’esprit)

    I had an idea, Something occurred to me

    Viens vite !

    Come quick! Hurry!

    On approfondit !

    Ressources en ligne

    Use the following resources to type accents and/or search for words:

    • Accents: ç, à, é, è, â, ê, î, ô, û, ù, ë, ï, ü 
    • Dictionnaire français-anglais

    Exercice 4 : le verbe 'venir'

    Exercice 5 : le verbe 'venir' avec préposition 'de'


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