/aʁive/to arriveA2
- Family
- Group 1 — regular `-er`
- Takes
- no object — No object — and it also means "to happen"
Build map — what to memorise
These three pieces are learnt; every other tense is built from them.
Singular — the short stem
arriv-+-e -es -e
Plural — the nous stem
arriv-+-ons -ez -ent
arriv-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient
arriv-+-ant
Built on ils; nous and vous are the imparfait forms
arriv-+-e -es -e -ent
arriver-+-ai -as -a -ons -ez -ont
Futur stem + imparfait endings
arriver-+-ais -ais -ait -ions -iez -aient
aller + infinitive
arriver
Takes être
être (present) + past participle, with agreement
arrivé
Auxiliary in the imparfait + past participle
arrivé
Conjugation
| I | j'arrive/ʒaʁiv/I arrive | /ʒaʁiv/ | I arrive |
| you | tu arrives/ty aʁiv/you arrive | /ty aʁiv/ | you arrive |
| he/she | il arrive/il aʁiv/he arrives | /il aʁiv/ | he arrives |
| we | nous arrivons/nuz aʁivɔ̃/we arrive | /nuz aʁivɔ̃/ | we arrive |
| you | vous arrivez/vuz aʁive/you arrive | /vuz aʁive/ | you arrive |
| they | ils arrivent/ilz aʁiv/they arrive | /ilz aʁiv/ | they arrive |
Examples
- /ʒa.ʁiv a ɥit œʁ/
J'arrive à huit heures.I arrive at eight.
- /lə tʁɛ̃ a.ʁiv/
Le train arrive.The train is arriving.
- /kɑ̃t a.ʁiv.ty/
Quand arrives-tu ?When do you arrive?
Notes
It also means "to happen":
Qu'est-ce qui est arrivé ?— what happened? AndÇa arrivemeans "it happens", the French shrug.arriver à+ infinitive means to manage to:Je n'arrive pas à ouvrir la porte— I can't get the door open.