Le verbe « venir » et les verbes comme venir
A. Au présent :
Pratiquez:
Stéphanie is coming to dinner tonight.
You are coming back at 10 o’clock.
B. Au passé composé:
a) Le verbe auxiliaire: __être____________________________
b) Participe passé: __venu(e)(s)____________________________
We came to the castle last winter.
C. À l’imparfait:
Mondays, I came from the beach to the café.
D. Venir de + l’infinitif :
To just have _____
Mes amis viennent d’arriver.
Benjamin just played tennis.
E. Des verbes comme “venir”: (all verbs that contain –venir and –tenir are conjugated in this manner,
*though not all the verbs use être au passé composé comme verbe auxiliaire)
Tenir to keep/hold
Appartenir to belong to
contenir to contain
Convenir to suit/ be suitable
Détenir to detain
Devenir to become
Entretenir to look after/support
Intervenir to intervene
Maintenir to maintain
Obtenir to obtain
Parvenir to reach/achieve
prévenir* to warn
revenir to come back
se souvenir to remember
soutenir to support
se tenir to remain, stay
(oneself), take place, behave