survenir

French

Etymology

From sur- +‎ venir.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /syʁvəniʁ/

• Audio

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Verb

survenir

1. to occur
2. to happen unexpectedly
3. (of a person) to appear, arrive (unexpectedly)

Synonyms

• arriver
• se produire
• advenir

Conjugation

   Conjugation of survenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		survenir			être survenu
gerund		en survenant			en étant survenu
present participle		survenant
past participle		survenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	surviens	surviens	survient	survenons	survenez	surviennent
	imperfect	survenais	survenais	survenait	survenions	surveniez	survenaient
	past historic1	survins	survins	survint	survînmes	survîntes	survinrent
	future	surviendrai	surviendras	surviendra	surviendrons	surviendrez	surviendront
	conditional	surviendrais	surviendrais	surviendrait	surviendrions	surviendriez	surviendraient
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	surviennes	survienne	survenions	surveniez	surviennent
	imperfect1	survinsse	survinsses	survînt	survinssions	survinssiez	survinssent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	surviens	—	survenons	survenez	—
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