advenir — French conjugation
to happen, to occur
Indicative
Present (Présent) Irregular
Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.
Elle parle arabe et français.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| il/elle | advient | he/she/it happens |
Simple past (Passé simple) Irregular
The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.
Ils virent le roi s'approcher.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| il/elle | advint | he/she/it happened |
Imperfect (Imparfait) Irregular
The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.
Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| il/elle | advenait |
Conditional (Conditionnel) Irregular
The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.
Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| il/elle | adviendrait | he/she/it would happen |
Future (Futur) Irregular
The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.
Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| il/elle | adviendra | he/she/it will happen |
Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular
The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.
Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | je suis advenu(e) | I have happened |
| tu | tu es advenu(e) | you have happened |
| il/elle | il/elle est advenu(e) | he/she/it has happened |
| nous | nous sommes advenu(e)s | we have happened |
| vous | vous êtes advenu(e)(s) | you (pl.) have happened |
| ils/elles | ils/elles sont advenu(e)s | they have happened |
Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular
The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.
Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | j'étais advenu(e) | I had happened |
| tu | tu étais advenu(e) | you had happened |
| il/elle | il/elle était advenu(e) | he/she/it had happened |
| nous | nous étions advenu(e)s | we had happened |
| vous | vous étiez advenu(e)(s) | you (pl.) had happened |
| ils/elles | ils/elles étaient advenu(e)s | they had happened |
Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular
The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).
J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| je | je serais advenu(e) |
| tu | tu serais advenu(e) |
| il/elle | il/elle serait advenu(e) |
| nous | nous serions advenu(e)s |
| vous | vous seriez advenu(e)(s) |
| ils/elles | ils/elles seraient advenu(e)s |
Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular
The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.
D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.
| Pronoun | French | English |
|---|---|---|
| je | je serai advenu(e) | I will have happened |
| tu | tu seras advenu(e) | you will have happened |
| il/elle | il/elle sera advenu(e) | he/she/it will have happened |
| nous | nous serons advenu(e)s | we will have happened |
| vous | vous serez advenu(e)(s) | you (pl.) will have happened |
| ils/elles | ils/elles seront advenu(e)s | they will have happened |
Subjunctive
Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Irregular
The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…
Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| il/elle | advienne |
Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular
The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.
Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.
| Pronoun | French |
|---|---|
| il/elle | advînt |