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.
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Word Origin
From Latin venire (to come).
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