obvenir (first-person singular present obvinc, first-person singular preterite obvinguí, past participle obvingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
obvenir
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-). This verb is conjugated only in the third person.
| infinitive | simple | obvenir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | obvenant /ɔb.və.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | obvenu /ɔb.və.ny/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | — | — | obvient /ɔb.vjɛ̃/ |
— | — | obviennent /ɔb.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect | — | — | obvenait /ɔb.və.nɛ/ |
— | — | obvenaient /ɔb.və.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | — | — | obvint /ɔb.vɛ̃/ |
— | — | obvinrent /ɔb.vɛ̃ʁ/ | |
| future | — | — | obviendra /ɔb.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
— | — | obviendront /ɔb.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | — | — | obviendrait /ɔb.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
— | — | obviendraient /ɔb.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 | — | — | obvienne /ɔb.vjɛn/ |
— | — | obviennent /ɔb.vjɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | — | — | obvînt /ɔb.vɛ̃/ |
— | — | obvinssent /ɔb.vɛ̃s/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 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). | |||||||