To go and to come
Pour écouter le verbe aller et le verbe venir
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Venir-to come |
Aller-to go |
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| viens | venons | vais | allons | |||||
| viens | venez | vas | allez | |||||
| vient | viennent | va | vont | |||||
Other verbs that are conjugated like venir
all the verbs based on the same stem venirdevenir – to becomerevenir – to
come back, souvenir ect..
The verb tenir and all the verbs based on the same stem tenir, obtenir - to get, soutenir, détenir, retenir
Je viens des Etats-Unis. I come from the United States.
Il tient un crayon. He’s holding a pencil.
Nous allons en Espagne. We’re going to Spain.
Tu ne vas pas au Japon cet été. You’re not going to Brazil this summer.
Aller + an infinitive means “going to do something.”
Ils vont aller en Angleterre. They are going to go to England.
Elles vont apprendre le japonais. They are going to learn Japanese.
Je vais devenir pilote. I’m going to become a pilote.
Aller is also used idiomatically when talking about health.
Comment vas-tu ? How are you?
Je vais bien. I’m fine.
Venir de + an infinitive means “to have just done something.”
Il vient d’aller en Finlande. He just went to Finland.
Vous venez de manger une pomme. You just ate an apple.
