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French verbs ending in venir

French conjugation groups

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All French verbs that end in venir are conjugated the same way:

advenir   to happen

circonvenir*   to circumvent, get around

contrevenir   to contravene

convenir   to suit, be suitable

devenir   to become

intervenir   to intervene

parvenir   to reach, achieve

prévenir*   to warn

provenir   to come from, be due to

revenir   to come back

se souvenir   to remember

subvenir*   to provide for

survenir   to occur, take place

venir   to come


*These verbs take avoir as the auxiliary; the rest take être

Verbs that end in tenir follow the same conjugation pattern, except they all need avoir as the auxiliary verb.

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