venir - french2ab

Emploi idiomatique du présent
Venir de is commonly used to express the recent past - the idea
that one has just done something. This construction is formed with the
conjugated venir + de + the infinitive of the action that has just occurred.
venir
de + infinitif
to have just done
something
Je
viens de faire mes
devoirs
Nos
invités viennent
d’arriver
Nous
venons de nous
marier
I’ve just finished my
homework
Our
guests have just arrived
We just got married

Know your verbs!
Make sure you know the conjugation of VENIR:
Je viens Nous venons
Tu viens Vous venez
Il/elle/on vient Ils/elles viennent

être en train de + infinitif
être
en train de+ infinitif
to be doing something
Il
est en train de dîner.
Le
bébé est en train de manger.
Anne
est en train de mettre la table.
He is having dinner.
The baby is eating.
Anne is setting the table.
Used to express something in the process of happening

aller + infinitif (le futur proche)
Used to express something that is going to happen
soon, an upcoming event which is going to occur in
the near future.
Formation: Present tense of aller + infinitive of
action verb
You need to know the conjugation of ALLER in the
present tense:
Je
vais
Nous
allons
Tu
vas
Vous
allez
Il/
elle/on va
Ils
/elles vont

Exemples du futur proche
aller
+ infinitif
to be going
to do something
Ma
soeur va se marier cet été.
Mes
parents vont partir en vacances
lundi
.
Ils
vont s’occuper de mes enfants
pendant
que je vais travailler.
My sister is getting married this
summer.
My parents
are going to go on vacation
on Monday.
They are going to take care of my
children while I work.