{"id":116,"date":"2024-02-23T15:39:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T20:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/capufren100\/chapter\/3-15-structure-le-verbe-venir\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T16:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:09:50","slug":"grammaire-le-verbe-venir","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/capufren100\/chapter\/grammaire-le-verbe-venir\/","title":{"raw":"Grammaire 1: stating origins (le verbe venir)","rendered":"Grammaire 1: stating origins (le verbe venir)"},"content":{"raw":"
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\r\n\r\nOn \u00e9tudie !<\/span>\r\n

The verb venir<\/h2>\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe verb <\/span>venir<\/span>, meaning 'to come' is an irregular verb. As is usually the case for irregular verbs, the nous<\/strong> and vous<\/strong> forms resemble the infinitive while the other forms have an irregular stem (ven<\/strong> versus vien<\/strong>). Below are the present tense forms. As you listen to the audio recording, notice all singular forms of venir<\/strong> are pronounced alike and the final consonants are all silent.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n
\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nConjugaison du verbe <\/span>venir<\/strong>\u00a0(to come)<\/span>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Singulier<\/th>\r\nPluriel<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n
je viens<\/strong><\/td>\r\nnous venons<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
tu viens<\/strong><\/td>\r\nvous venez<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
il, elle, on vient<\/strong><\/td>\r\nils, elles viennent<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n[audio mp3=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/capufren100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2203\/2024\/02\/Le-verbe-venir-1.mp3\"][\/audio]\r\n\r\n \r\n

(a) Venir <\/b>(to come) can simply mean to come to a place, at a given time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Tu viens<\/strong> \u00e0 la f\u00eate?\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (You are coming to the party?)<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Il vient<\/strong> souvent \u00e0 l'universit\u00e9.\u00a0 \u00a0 (He comes often to the university.)<\/p>\r\n

Venez<\/strong> \u00e0 huit heures!\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Come at eight o'clock!)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

(b) Venir is used with the preposition de<\/strong> to indicate national or regional origin. (\u00eatre<\/strong> can also be used in this way): venir + de <\/b>(to come from<\/span>). In front of a vowel or mute h, de<\/strong> becomes d'<\/strong> (l'\u00e9lision)<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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D'<\/strong>o\u00f9 viens-tu?\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Where do you come from?)<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Je viens de<\/strong> Montr\u00e9al (du<\/strong> Canada).\u00a0 (I come from Montr\u00e9al\/Canada)\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

Il vient de<\/strong> Bathinda (d<\/strong>'Inde).\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(He comes from Bathinda\/India.)<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n(c) In some case, de<\/strong> is replaced with du<\/strong> or des<\/strong> when speaking of countries, province or state. Ensure you know the gender of your country of origin (see list in the Vocabulaire<\/strong> section).\r\n