arriver
French
Etymology
From Middle French arriver, from Old French ariver, from Vulgar Latin *arripō, from Latin ad + rīpa; equivalent to a- + rive + -er. Compare Italian arrivare, Spanish arribar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʁi.ve/
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Verb
arriver
- to arrive (often followed by a location)
- On est arrivés à Paris vers 9 heures.
- We arrived in Paris around 9 o'clock.
- (impersonal) to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the subjunctive)
- Ça ne m'arrive jamais.
- That never happens to me.
- Il arrive souvent qu'il soit tard.
- It often happens that he is late.
- to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully) (see also parvenir)
- Je suis finalement arrivé à réparer cette porte.
- I finally managed to repair that door.
- to obtain a level of success or fame.
Conjugation
Conjugation of arriver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | arrivant /a.ʁi.vɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | arrivé /a.ʁi.ve/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | arriver | ||||||
compound | être + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | arrivant /a.ʁi.vɑ̃/ | ||||||
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 | arrive /a.ʁiv/ |
arrives /a.ʁiv/ |
arrive /a.ʁiv/ |
arrivons /a.ʁi.vɔ̃/ |
arrivez /a.ʁi.ve/ |
arrivent /a.ʁiv/ |
imperfect | arrivais /a.ʁi.vɛ/ |
arrivais /a.ʁi.vɛ/ |
arrivait /a.ʁi.vɛ/ |
arrivions /a.ʁi.vjɔ̃/ |
arriviez /a.ʁi.vje/ |
arrivaient /a.ʁi.vɛ/ | |
past historic2 | arrivai /a.ʁi.ve/ |
arrivas /a.ʁi.va/ |
arriva /a.ʁi.va/ |
arrivâmes /a.ʁi.vam/ |
arrivâtes /a.ʁi.vat/ |
arrivèrent /a.ʁi.vɛʁ/ | |
future | arriverai /a.ʁi.vʁe/ |
arriveras /a.ʁi.vʁa/ |
arrivera /a.ʁi.vʁa/ |
arriverons /a.ʁi.vʁɔ̃/ |
arriverez /a.ʁi.vʁe/ |
arriveront /a.ʁi.vʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | arriverais /a.ʁi.vʁɛ/ |
arriverais /a.ʁi.vʁɛ/ |
arriverait /a.ʁi.vʁɛ/ |
arriverions /a.ʁi.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
arriveriez /a.ʁi.və.ʁje/ |
arriveraient /a.ʁi.vʁɛ/ | |
(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 | arrive /a.ʁiv/ |
arrives /a.ʁiv/ |
arrive /a.ʁiv/ |
arrivions /a.ʁi.vjɔ̃/ |
arriviez /a.ʁi.vje/ |
arrivent /a.ʁiv/ |
imperfect2 | arrivasse /a.ʁi.vas/ |
arrivasses /a.ʁi.vas/ |
arrivât /a.ʁi.va/ |
arrivassions /a.ʁi.va.sjɔ̃/ |
arrivassiez /a.ʁi.va.sje/ |
arrivassent /a.ʁi.vas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | arrive /a.ʁiv/ |
— | arrivons /a.ʁi.vɔ̃/ |
arrivez /a.ʁi.ve/ |
— | |
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). |
Further reading
- “arriver” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French ariver.
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of arriver
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | arriver | estre arrivé | |||||
gerund | en arrivant | Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | arrivant | ||||||
past participle | arrivé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
simple tenses |
present | arrive | arrives | arrive | arrivons | arrivez | arrivent |
imperfect | arrivois, arrivoys | arrivois, arrivoys | arrivoit, arrivoyt | arrivions, arrivyons | arriviez, arrivyez | arrivoient, arrivoyent | |
past historic | arriva | arrivas | arriva | arrivasmes | arrivastes | arriverent | |
future | arriverai, arriveray | arriveras | arrivera | arriverons | arriverez | arriveront | |
conditional | arriverois, arriveroys | arriverois, arriveroys | arriveroit, arriveroyt | arriverions, arriveryons | arriveriez, arriveryez | arriveroient, arriveroyent | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the past historic tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
simple tenses |
present | arrive | arrives | arrive | arrivons | arrivez | arrivent |
imperfect | arrivasse | arrivasses | arrivast | arrivassions | arrivassiez | arrivassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
— | arrive | — | arrivons | arrivez | — |
Norman
Alternative forms
- arrivaïr (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French ariver, from Late Latin *arrīpare, from Latin ad + rīpa (“shore”).
Pronunciation
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Antonyms
- parti (“to leave”)
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