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parvenir
parvenir
French
Verb
parvenir
- (intransitive; followed by à) to reach
- Je suis parvenu à l'église - I've reached the church.
- (intransitive; followed by à) to succeed
Conjugation
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way.
Conjugation of parvenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | parvenir | être parvenu | |||||
| gerund | en parvenant | en étant parvenu | |||||
| present participle | parvenant /paʁ.və.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | parvenu /paʁ.və.ny/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | parviens /paʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
parviens /paʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
parvient /paʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
parvenons /paʁ.və.nɔ̃/ |
parvenez /paʁ.və.ne/ |
parviennent /paʁ.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect | parvenais /paʁ.və.nɛ/ |
parvenais /paʁ.və.nɛ/ |
parvenait /paʁ.və.nɛ/ |
parvenions /paʁ.və.njɔ̃/ |
parveniez /paʁ.və.nje/ |
parvenaient /paʁ.və.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | parvins /paʁ.vɛ̃/ |
parvins /paʁ.vɛ̃/ |
parvint /paʁ.vɛ̃/ |
parvînmes /paʁ.vɛ̃m/ |
parvîntes /paʁ.vɛ̃t/ |
parvinrent /paʁ.vɛ̃ʁ/ |
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| future | parviendrai /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
parviendras /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
parviendra /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
parviendrons /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
parviendrez /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
parviendront /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | parviendrais /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
parviendrais /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
parviendrait /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
parviendrions /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
parviendriez /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
parviendraient /paʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | parvienne /paʁ.vjɛn/ |
parviennes /paʁ.vjɛn/ |
parvienne /paʁ.vjɛn/ |
parvenions /paʁ.və.njɔ̃/ |
parveniez /paʁ.və.nje/ |
parviennent /paʁ.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
parvinsse /paʁ.vɛ̃s/ |
parvinsses /paʁ.vɛ̃s/ |
parvînt /paʁ.vɛ̃/ |
parvinssions /paʁ.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
parvinssiez /paʁ.vɛ̃.sje/ |
parvinssent /paʁ.vɛ̃s/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | parviens /paʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
— | parvenons /paʁ.və.nɔ̃/ |
parvenez /paʁ.və.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||