bienvenir
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjɛ̃v.niʁ/
Verb
bienvenir
- (archaic) to welcome
Usage notes
- In Modern French, only used in the set phrase se faire bienvenir ("to be welcomed").
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. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.
Conjugation of bienvenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bienvenir | être bienvenu | |||||
| gerund | en bienvenant | en étant bienvenu | |||||
| present participle | bienvenant /bjɛ̃v.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | bienvenu /bjɛ̃v.ny/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | bienvient /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | bienvenait /bjɛ̃v.nɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic1 | — | — | bienvint /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | bienviendra /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | bienviendrait /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | bienvienne /bjɛ̃.vjɛn/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect1 | — | — | bienvînt /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃/ |
— | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Conjugation of faire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | faire | être fait | |||||
| gerund | en faisant | en étant fait | |||||
| present participle | faisant /fə.zɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | fait /fɛ/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fais /fɛ/ |
fais /fɛ/ |
fait /fɛ/ |
faisons /fə.zɔ̃/ |
faites /fɛt/ |
font /fɔ̃/ |
| imperfect | faisais /fə.zɛ/ |
faisais /fə.zɛ/ |
faisait /fə.zɛ/ |
faisions /fə.zjɔ̃/ |
faisiez /fə.zje/ |
faisaient /fə.zɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | fis /fi/ |
fis /fi/ |
fit /fi/ |
fîmes /fim/ |
fîtes /fit/ |
firent /fiʁ/ | |
| future | ferai /fə.ʁe/ |
feras /fə.ʁa/ |
fera /fə.ʁa/ |
ferons /fə.ʁɔ̃/ |
ferez /fə.ʁe/ |
feront /fə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ferais /fə.ʁɛ/ |
ferais /fə.ʁɛ/ |
ferait /fə.ʁɛ/ |
ferions /fə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
feriez /fə.ʁje/ |
feraient /fə.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fasse /fas/ |
fasses /fas/ |
fasse /fas/ |
fassions /fa.sjɔ̃/ |
fassiez /fa.sje/ |
fassent /fas/ |
| imperfect1 | fisse /fis/ |
fisses /fis/ |
fît /fi/ |
fissions /fi.sjɔ̃/ |
fissiez /fi.sje/ |
fissent /fis/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fais /fɛ/ |
— | faisons /fə.zɔ̃/ |
faites /fɛt/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
+ bienvenir
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bienvenir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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