Borrowed from Latin intervenīre (“intervene”). Cf. also the archaic and dialectal form entrevenir, which may have been inherited.
intervenir (first-person singular present intervinc, first-person singular preterite intervinguí, past participle intervingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
Inherited from Middle French intervenir (attested since 1475), borrowed from Latin intervenīre (“intervene”). Compare also Old French entrevenir, which may have been inherited or a composition with venir.
intervenir
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).
| infinitive | simple | intervenir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | intervenant /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | intervenu /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ny/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | interviens /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
interviens /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
intervient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
intervenons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɔ̃/ |
intervenez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ne/ |
interviennent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect | intervenais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɛ/ |
intervenais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɛ/ |
intervenait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɛ/ |
intervenions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.njɔ̃/ |
interveniez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nje/ |
intervenaient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | intervins /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃/ |
intervins /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃/ |
intervint /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃/ |
intervînmes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃m/ |
intervîntes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃t/ |
intervinrent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃ʁ/ | |
| future | interviendrai /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
interviendras /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
interviendra /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
interviendrons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
interviendrez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
interviendront /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | interviendrais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
interviendrais /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
interviendrait /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
interviendrions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
interviendriez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
interviendraient /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.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 | intervienne /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn/ |
interviennes /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn/ |
intervienne /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn/ |
intervenions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.njɔ̃/ |
interveniez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nje/ |
interviennent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | intervinsse /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃s/ |
intervinsses /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃s/ |
intervînt /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃/ |
intervinssions /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
intervinssiez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃.sje/ |
intervinssent /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɛ̃s/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | interviens /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vjɛ̃/ |
— | intervenons /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.nɔ̃/ |
intervenez /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.və.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Borrowed from Latin intervenīre (“intervene”). Cf. also the archaic form entrevenir, which may have been inherited.
intervenir (first-person singular present intervengo, first-person singular preterite intervine, past participle intervenido)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.