arriver
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verb
- to arriveoften followed by a location
- to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; i…
- to cope, to manage
- to be able to, to manageto do something successfully
- to obtain a level of success or fame
Forms
Present
| I | arrive |
|---|---|
| you | arrives |
| he, she, it | arrive |
| we | arrivons |
| you (plural) | arrivez |
| they | arrivent |
Imperfect
| I | arrivais |
|---|---|
| you | arrivais |
| he, she, it | arrivait |
| we | arrivions |
| you (plural) | arriviez |
| they | arrivaient |
Past historic
| I | arrivai |
|---|---|
| you | arrivas |
| he, she, it | arriva |
| we | arrivâmes |
| you (plural) | arrivâtes |
| they | arrivèrent |
Future
| I | arriverai |
|---|---|
| you | arriveras |
| he, she, it | arrivera |
| we | arriverons |
| you (plural) | arriverez |
| they | arriveront |
Conditional
| I | arriverais |
|---|---|
| you | arriverais |
| he, she, it | arriverait |
| we | arriverions |
| you (plural) | arriveriez |
| they | arriveraient |
Subjunctive
| I | arrive |
|---|---|
| you | arrives |
| he, she, it | arrive |
| we | arrivions |
| you (plural) | arriviez |
| they | arrivent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | arrivasse |
|---|---|
| you | arrivasses |
| he, she, it | arrivât |
| we | arrivassions |
| you (plural) | arrivassiez |
| they | arrivassent |
Imperative
| you | arrive |
|---|---|
| we | arrivons |
| you (plural) | arrivez |
Other forms
| infinitive | arriver |
|---|---|
| past participle | arrivé |
| gerund | arrivant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- Il arrive à six heures.He arrives at six o'clock.A1Le chat du voisin — The neighbour's cat
- Il arrive à Terre-Neuve, puis dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent.He arrives in Newfoundland, then in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.A1Jacques Cartier, 1534
- En 58 avant Jésus-Christ, Jules César est arrivé avec ses légions.In 58 BC, Julius Caesar arrived with his legions.A1Vercingétorix et les Gaulois — Vercingetorix and the Gauls
- L'hiver va bientôt arriver. On dit qu'il est terrible.Winter is going to arrive soon. They say it is terrible.A2Une lettre de Nouvelle-France — A letter from New France