survenir

French

Etymology

From sur- +‎ venir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /syʁ.və.niʁ/
Audio (file)

Verb

survenir

to occur
to happen unexpectedly
(of a person) to appear, arrive (unexpectedly)
"Un loup survient à jeun, qui cherchait aventure" - Jean de la Fontaine
A wolf on an empty stomach appeared, looking for adventure

Conjugation

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way.

Conjugation of survenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive
present participle		survenant /syʁ.və.nɑ̃/
past participle		survenu /syʁ.və.ny/
simple		survenir
compound		être + past participle
gerund¹
simple		survenant /syʁ.və.nɑ̃/
compound		étant + past participle
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	surviens /syʁ.vjɛ̃/	surviens /syʁ.vjɛ̃/	survient /syʁ.vjɛ̃/	survenons /syʁ.və.nɔ̃/	survenez /syʁ.və.ne/	surviennent /syʁ.vjɛn/
	imperfect	survenais /syʁ.və.nɛ/	survenais /syʁ.və.nɛ/	survenait /syʁ.və.nɛ/	survenions /syʁ.və.njɔ̃/	surveniez /syʁ.və.nje/	survenaient /syʁ.və.nɛ/
	past historic²	survins /syʁ.vɛ̃/	survins /syʁ.vɛ̃/	survint /syʁ.vɛ̃/	survînmes /syʁ.vɛ̃m/	survîntes /syʁ.vɛ̃t/	survinrent /syʁ.vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	surviendrai /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	surviendras /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	surviendra /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	surviendrons /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	surviendrez /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	surviendront /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	surviendrais /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	surviendrais /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	surviendrait /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	surviendrions /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	surviendriez /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	surviendraient /syʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of être + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of être + past participle
	future perfect	future of être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	survienne /syʁ.vjɛn/	surviennes /syʁ.vjɛn/	survienne /syʁ.vjɛn/	survenions /syʁ.və.njɔ̃/	surveniez /syʁ.və.nje/	surviennent /syʁ.vjɛn/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	survinsse /syʁ.vɛ̃s/	survinsses /syʁ.vɛ̃s/	survînt /syʁ.vɛ̃/	survinssions /syʁ.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	survinssiez /syʁ.vɛ̃.sje/	survinssent /syʁ.vɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of être + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	surviens /syʁ.vjɛ̃/	—	survenons /syʁ.və.nɔ̃/	survenez /syʁ.və.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of être + past participle	—	simple imperative of être + past participle	simple imperative of être + past participle	—
¹ Only usable with preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).