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survenir
survenir
French
Verb
survenir
- to occur
- to happen unexpectedly
- (of a person) to appear, arrive (unexpectedly)
Synonyms
Conjugation
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way.
Conjugation of survenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | survenir | être survenu | |||||
| gerund | en survenant | en étant survenu | |||||
| present participle | survenant /syʁ.və.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | survenu /syʁ.və.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 | surviens /syʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
surviens /syʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
survient /syʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
survenons /syʁ.və.nɔ̃/ |
survenez /syʁ.və.ne/ |
surviennent /syʁ.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect | survenais /syʁ.və.nɛ/ |
survenais /syʁ.və.nɛ/ |
survenait /syʁ.və.nɛ/ |
survenions /syʁ.və.njɔ̃/ |
surveniez /syʁ.və.nje/ |
survenaient /syʁ.və.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | survins /syʁ.vɛ̃/ |
survins /syʁ.vɛ̃/ |
survint /syʁ.vɛ̃/ |
survînmes /syʁ.vɛ̃m/ |
survîntes /syʁ.vɛ̃t/ |
survinrent /syʁ.vɛ̃ʁ/ |
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| future | surviendrai /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
surviendras /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
surviendra /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
surviendrons /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
surviendrez /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
surviendront /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | surviendrais /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
surviendrais /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
surviendrait /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
surviendrions /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
surviendriez /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
surviendraient /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | survienne /syʁ.vjɛn/ |
surviennes /syʁ.vjɛn/ |
survienne /syʁ.vjɛn/ |
survenions /syʁ.və.njɔ̃/ |
surveniez /syʁ.və.nje/ |
surviennent /syʁ.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
survinsse /syʁ.vɛ̃s/ |
survinsses /syʁ.vɛ̃s/ |
survînt /syʁ.vɛ̃/ |
survinssions /syʁ.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
survinssiez /syʁ.vɛ̃.sje/ |
survinssent /syʁ.vɛ̃s/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | surviens /syʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
— | survenons /syʁ.və.nɔ̃/ |
survenez /syʁ.və.ne/ |
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