convenir
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin convenīre.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kum.bəˈni]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.vəˈni]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [koɱ.veˈniɾ]
- Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
Verb edit
convenir (first-person singular present convinc, first-person singular preterite convinguí, past participle convingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- (intransitive) to be apt or suitable
- (intransitive) to agree (to harmonize in opinion or action)
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “convenir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin convenire. Spelt covenir in Old French, etymologically reconstructed in Middle French to closer match the original Latin spelling.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
convenir
- to admit; to agree [+ de (object) = to/upon]
- convenir du prix de quelque chose ― to agree on the price of something
- Je conviens que c’est un problème. ― I agree that it's a problem.
- to suit; to be convenient for [+ à (someone)]
- On se voit mardi, si cela convient aux autres. ― We’ll meet up on Tuesday, if this suits the others.
- 1933, Henri Gaussen, Géographie des Plantes, Armand Colin, page 67:
- Il est bien évident que les plantes vivent uniquement dans les milieux qui leur conviennent […]
- It is obvious that plants live solely in the environments which suit them […]
- (impersonal) to be appropriate or admissible (to be agreed upon according to convention) [+ de (object)]
- Il ne me convient pas d’agir ainsi. ― It would not suit me to act in that way.
- 1963, Simone De Beauvoir, La Force des choses, Éditions Gallimard:
- Les jeunes femmes ont un sens aigu de ce qu’il convient de faire et de ne pas faire quand on a cessé d’être jeune. « Je ne comprends pas, disent-elles, que passé quarante ans on se teigne en blond ; qu’on s’exhibe en bikini ; qu’on coquette avec les hommes. Moi, quand j’aurai cet âge-là... »
- Young women have a sharp sense of what they should and should not do when they are no longer young. They say, "I don't understand women over forty who dye their hair blonde, who show themselves off in bikinis and flirt with men. When I am that age..."
Usage notes edit
- When conjugating convenir, compound tenses cannot be formed using être as the auxiliary verb in the sense of “to suit”. It must take avoir. This is even though it derives from venir, which takes être.
Conjugation edit
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as revenir 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 | convenir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | convenant /kɔ̃v.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | convenu /kɔ̃v.ny/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | conviens /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
conviens /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
convient /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
convenons /kɔ̃v.nɔ̃/ |
convenez /kɔ̃v.ne/ |
conviennent /kɔ̃.vjɛn/ |
imperfect | convenais /kɔ̃v.nɛ/ |
convenais /kɔ̃v.nɛ/ |
convenait /kɔ̃v.nɛ/ |
convenions /kɔ̃.və.njɔ̃/ |
conveniez /kɔ̃.və.nje/ |
convenaient /kɔ̃v.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | convins /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
convins /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
convint /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
convînmes /kɔ̃.vɛ̃m/ |
convîntes /kɔ̃.vɛ̃t/ |
convinrent /kɔ̃.vɛ̃ʁ/ | |
future | conviendrai /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
conviendras /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
conviendra /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
conviendrons /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
conviendrez /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
conviendront /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | conviendrais /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
conviendrais /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
conviendrait /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
conviendrions /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
conviendriez /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
conviendraient /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | convienne /kɔ̃.vjɛn/ |
conviennes /kɔ̃.vjɛn/ |
convienne /kɔ̃.vjɛn/ |
convenions /kɔ̃.və.njɔ̃/ |
conveniez /kɔ̃.və.nje/ |
conviennent /kɔ̃.vjɛn/ |
imperfect2 | convinsse /kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/ |
convinsses /kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/ |
convînt /kɔ̃.vɛ̃/ |
convinssions /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
convinssiez /kɔ̃.vɛ̃.sje/ |
convinssent /kɔ̃.vɛ̃s/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | conviens /kɔ̃.vjɛ̃/ |
— | convenons /kɔ̃v.nɔ̃/ |
convenez /kɔ̃v.ne/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + 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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “convenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin convenīre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
convenir (first-person singular present convengo, first-person singular preterite convine, past participle convenido)
- (transitive) to agree, agree on, agree upon
- (transitive, intransitive) to be convenient, suit
- to admit
- Synonym: admitir
- to arrange (bring together various parts to build or form something)
- (transitive) to convene
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “convenir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014