Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Advenir

advenir = to happen. It conjugates like "venir" (to come), but is only used in 3rd person, and most of the time singular, as in:
  • quoi qu'il advienne,... = whatever happens,...
  • advienne que pourra = do what there is to do

Now, let's take a look back at venir:
  • je viens ('s' is silent)
  • tu viens ('s' is silent)
  • il vient ('t' is silent)
  • nous venons ('s' is silent)
  • vous venez ('z' is silent)
  • ils viennent (pronounced "vienne")

There are many more verbs that consist of a prefix + venir, such as:
  • circonvenir = to circumvent
  • contrevenir = to contravene
  • convenir = to agree
  • devenir = to become
  • intervenir = to intervene
  • parvenir = to reach
  • revenir = to return
  • (se) souvenir = to remember
  • subvenir = to support (someone's needs)
  • survenir = to occur, to happen

and they all conjugate the same way.

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