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:
Now, let's take a look back at venir:
There are many more verbs that consist of a prefix + venir, such as:
and they all conjugate the same way.
- 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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