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'Venir De' + Present Tense

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'Venir De' + Present Tense

Venir de + 'present tense' helps us say what has just happened.

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Structure

  • Venir de helps form the 'recent past' in French.
  • We use venir de to talk about actions that just happened.
  • The structure is:
    • subject + venir (in present) + de + infinitive
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Venir

  • Venir is an irregular verb.
    • je viens
    • tu viens
    • il/elle vient
    • nous venons
    • vous venez
    • ils/elles viennent
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Examples

  • Je viens de manger.
    • I have just eaten.
  • Tu viens de finir tes devoirs.
    • You have just finished your homework.

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8.12Verbs

8.13Numbers

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