Venir Conjugation: Preterite Tense
| yo | vine |
|---|---|
| tú | viniste |
| él/ella | vino |
| ns. | vinimos |
| vs. | vinisteis |
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How do you use venir in past tense?
Venir is commonly used to express the recent past — the idea that one has just done something. This construction is formed with the conjugated venir + de + the infinitive of the action that has just occurred. Je viens d’arriver / I (have) just arrived. Ils viennent de déjeuner / They just ate lunch.
What is Le Passe recent?
We use le passé récent (the recent past) to talk about completed actions that happened shortly before the moment of speaking. In English, we use the construction have just + past participle, while in French we use the conjugated form of the verb venir.
What does Vouloir mean French?
The irregular verb vouloir is a shoe verb in the present tense. Vouloir means “ to wish,” “to want,” or “will”: je veux.
What is Ver in the yo form?
As you can see, the yo form of ver in the present progressive is estoy viendo; the tú form is estás viendo; the él/ella/usted form is está viendo; the nosotros/nosotras form is estamos viendo; the vosotros/vosotras form is estáis viendo; and the ellos/ellas/ustedes form is están viendo.
