venir

/vəniʁ/

to come

Viens me voir quand tu arrives.

Come see me when you arrive.

general

To move toward the speaker or a reference point; to come.

Viens me voir quand tu arrives.

Come see me when you arrive.

Conjugated: je viens, tu viens, il vient, nous venons, vous venez, ils viennent. Takes être in compound tenses.

general

Followed by de + infinitive, expresses the immediate past.

Je viens de finir mes devoirs.

I have just finished my homework.

Venir de + infinitive is the standard recent-past construction.

general

Expresses origin with de.

Elle vient du Japon.

She comes from Japan.

Collocations

venir deto have just (done)faire venirto send for, to calld'où viens-tu ?where are you from?

From Latin venire (to come).

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