5.15: Structure - Passé récent

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In this section, you will learn how to talk about things you just did using the passé récent (venir de, d' + infinitif).

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On étudie !

Structure : Le verbe venir

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

Venir de quelque part
Français	Anglais
venir de + lieu	to come from + place
Je viens de Californie	I come from...
Tu viens du Mexique	You come from Mexico (sing. and informal)
Vous venez de New York	You come from New York (formal or pl.)

Pour en savoir plus.

In French, there are a couple of ways to talk about the past without actually using a verb in the past tense: (1) you can to talk about what you just did with the verb venir de; and (2) you can talk about what you've been doing up until now with the preposition depuis.

What you just did with venir de. You have already learned the verb venir (to come) when talking about where we are coming from. When you say venir de followed by an infinitive verb, you get the formula for talking about your "immediate past" (passé immédiat):

Je viens de prendre un café avec Zach. (I just had a coffee with Zach.)

Nous venons de terminer nos études à la fac. (We just finished our studies at the university.)

Jeanne et Malik viennent de manger au resto U. (Jeanne and Malik just ate at the resto U.)

Roxane vient de me parler. (Roxane just spoke to me.)

In English, we use the word just followed by the past tense forms of each verb (underlined above). In French you add de to the present tense from of venir, followed by a verb in the infinitive, to make it about the past.

**venir de** + infinitif
Français	Anglais
venir de + infinitif venir de (faire quelque chose)	to just + past tense to just (do something)
Je viens de manger.	I just ate.
Elle vient d'arriver.	She just arrived.
Nous venons de voir un film.	We just saw a movie.

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Structure : Le verbe venir

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On étudie !

Structure : Le verbe venir

On approfondit !

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Exercice 1 : passé récent