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convenir
convenir
French
Verb
convenir
- (followed by de) to admit; to agree (to, upon)
- (followed by à) to suit; to be convenient (for).
- On se voit mardi, si cela convient aux autres.
- We’ll meet up on Tuesday, if this suits the others.
- On se voit mardi, si cela convient aux autres.
Usage notes
When conjugating convenir, compound verbs cannot be formed using être as the auxiliary verb in the sense of to suit. It must take avoir. This is even though it derives from venir, which takes être.
Conjugation
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as revenir and devenir, are conjugated this way.
Conjugation of convenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | convenir | avoir convenu | |||||
| gerund | en convenant | en ayant convenu | |||||
| present participle | convenant /kɔ̃v.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | convenu /kɔ̃v.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 | conviens /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
conviens /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
convient /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
convenons /kɔ̃v.nɔ̃/ |
convenez /kɔ̃v.ne/ |
conviennent /kɔ̃.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect | convenais /kɔ̃v.nɛ/ |
convenais /kɔ̃v.nɛ/ |
convenait /kɔ̃v.nɛ/ |
convenions /kɔ̃.və.njɔ̃/ |
conveniez /kɔ̃.və.nje/ |
convenaient /kɔ̃v.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | convins /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
convins /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
convint /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
convînmes /kɔ̃.vɛ̃m/ |
convîntes /kɔ̃.vɛ̃t/ |
convinrent /kɔ̃.vɛ̃ʁ/ |
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| future | conviendrai /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
conviendras /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
conviendra /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
conviendrons /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
conviendrez /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
conviendront /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | conviendrais /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
conviendrais /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
conviendrait /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
conviendrions /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
conviendriez /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
conviendraient /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | convienne /kɔ̃.vjɛn/ |
conviennes /kɔ̃.vjɛn/ |
convienne /kɔ̃.vjɛn/ |
convenions /kɔ̃.və.njɔ̃/ |
conveniez /kɔ̃.və.nje/ |
conviennent /kɔ̃.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
convinsse /kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/ |
convinsses /kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/ |
convînt /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
convinssions /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
convinssiez /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.sje/ |
convinssent /kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | conviens /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
— | convenons /kɔ̃v.nɔ̃/ |
convenez /kɔ̃v.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin convenīre, present active infinitive of conveniō.
Verb
convenir (first-person singular present convengo, first-person singular preterite convine, past participle convenido)
- to be convenient, to suit
- to admit
- to agree
- to convene
Conjugation
Other verbs with this conjugation:
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ir_(conjugation_venir)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ir (conjugation venir)</a>