Inherited from Old Catalan revenir, from Latin revenīre.
revenir (first-person singular present revinc, first-person singular preterite revinguí, past participle revingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
Inherited from Middle French revenir, from Old French revenir, from Latin revenīre (“come back, return”).
revenir
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 | revenir | |||||
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compound | être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | revenant /ʁə.v(ə).nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | revenu /ʁə.v(ə).ny/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | reviens /ʁə.vjɛ̃/ |
reviens /ʁə.vjɛ̃/ |
revient /ʁə.vjɛ̃/ |
revenons /ʁə.v(ə).nɔ̃/ |
revenez /ʁə.v(ə).ne/ |
reviennent /ʁə.vjɛn/ |
imperfect | revenais /ʁə.v(ə).nɛ/ |
revenais /ʁə.v(ə).nɛ/ |
revenait /ʁə.v(ə).nɛ/ |
revenions /ʁə.və.njɔ̃/ |
reveniez /ʁə.və.nje/ |
revenaient /ʁə.v(ə).nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | revins /ʁə.vɛ̃/ |
revins /ʁə.vɛ̃/ |
revint /ʁə.vɛ̃/ |
revînmes /ʁə.vɛ̃m/ |
revîntes /ʁə.vɛ̃t/ |
revinrent /ʁə.vɛ̃ʁ/ | |
future | reviendrai /ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
reviendras /ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
reviendra /ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
reviendrons /ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
reviendrez /ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
reviendront /ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | reviendrais /ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
reviendrais /ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
reviendrait /ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
reviendrions /ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
reviendriez /ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
reviendraient /ʁə.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 | revienne /ʁə.vjɛn/ |
reviennes /ʁə.vjɛn/ |
revienne /ʁə.vjɛn/ |
revenions /ʁə.və.njɔ̃/ |
reveniez /ʁə.və.nje/ |
reviennent /ʁə.vjɛn/ |
imperfect2 | revinsse /ʁə.vɛ̃s/ |
revinsses /ʁə.vɛ̃s/ |
revînt /ʁə.vɛ̃/ |
revinssions /ʁə.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
revinssiez /ʁə.vɛ̃.sje/ |
revinssent /ʁə.vɛ̃s/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | reviens /ʁə.vjɛ̃/ |
— | revenons /ʁə.v(ə).nɔ̃/ |
revenez /ʁə.v(ə).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). |
From Old French revenir.
revenir
First attested circa 980 in La Vie de Saint Léger, inherited from Latin revenīre, present active infinitive of reveniō.
revenir
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem revien distinct from the unstressed stem reven, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | revenir | estre revenu | |||||
gerund | en revenant | gerund of estre + past participle | |||||
present participle | revenant | ||||||
past participle | revenu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | revieng, revien | reviens | revient | revenons | revenez | revienent |
imperfect | revenoie, reveneie | revenoies, reveneies | revenoit, reveneit | reveniiens, reveniens | reveniiez, reveniez | revenoient, reveneient | |
preterite | revin | revenis | revint | revenimes | revenistes | revindrent, revinrent | |
future | revendrai | revendras | revendra | revendrons | revendroiz, revendreiz, revendrez | revendront | |
conditional | revendroie, revendreie | revendroies, revendreies | revendroit, revendreit | revendriiens, revendriens | revendriiez, revendriez | revendroient, revendreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of estre + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | reviegne | reviegnes | reviegne | reviegniens, reviegnons | reviegniez | reviegnent |
imperfect | revenisse | revenisses | revenist | revenissons, revenissiens | revenissoiz, revenissez, revenissiez | revenissent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of estre + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | revien | — | revenons | revenez | — |
From re- + venir, or from Latin revenīre.
revenir (first-person singular present revengo, first-person singular preterite revine, past participle revenido)