📖LearnModule 2 · Lesson 5 of 30Basic User · CEFR A1, completedUnit 1 · Le présent — the full present tense
Venir, and the little word on
Module 2 of the free French course (CEFR A1, completed), lesson 5 of 30: Venir (to come): je viens, tu viens, il vient, nous venons, vous venez. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 5.
The words
French
English
Say it
venir
to come
vuh-NEER
je viens
I come
zhuh VYA(n)
il vient
he comes
eel VYA(n)
je viens de
I come from
zhuh VYA(n) duh
on
we (casual) / people
oh(n)
on va au parc
we are going to the park
oh(n) vah oh PAHRK
le pays
the country
luh pay-EE
le Canada
Canada
luh kah-nah-DAH
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
Venir (to come): je viens, tu viens, il vient, nous venons, vous venez, ils viennent. Je viens de Toronto — I come from Toronto.
Et aussi · And also
French loves on — a little pronoun meaning "we / people in general", used constantly in speech: On va au parc? It takes the il-form of every verb.
Attention · Watch out
on takes the il-form of every verb even when it means we: on va, on parle. Never on allons.
venir — the table
je viens · tu viens · il/elle vient · nous venons · vous venez · ils/elles viennent
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with venir.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out venir in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.