bienvenir
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bjɛ̃v.niʁ/
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)
| present participle | bienvenant /bjɛ̃v.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | bienvenu /bjɛ̃v.ny/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | bienvenir | ||||||
| compound | être + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | bienvenant /bjɛ̃v.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | — | — | bienvient /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | bienvenait /bjɛ̃v.nɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic2 | — | — | bienvint /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | bienviendra /bjɛ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | bienviendrait /bjɛ̃.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 | — | — | bienvienne /bjɛ̃.vjɛn/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect2 | — | — | bienvînt /bjɛ̃.vɛ̃/ |
— | — | — | |
| (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 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). | |||||||
Conjugation of faire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | faisant /fə.zɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | fait /fɛ/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | faire | ||||||
| compound | être + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | faisant /fə.zɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | 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 historic2 | 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 | 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 | fasse /fas/ |
fasses /fas/ |
fasse /fas/ |
fassions /fa.sjɔ̃/ |
fassiez /fa.sje/ |
fassent /fas/ |
| imperfect2 | fisse /fis/ |
fisses /fis/ |
fît /fi/ |
fissions /fi.sjɔ̃/ |
fissiez /fi.sje/ |
fissent /fis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fais /fɛ/ |
— | faisons /fə.zɔ̃/ |
faites /fɛt/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
+ bienvenir
Further reading
- “bienvenir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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