French verb arriver

The tables below show the conjugation of the French verb arriver in the various simple and compound tenses.

See below for notes on the conjugation of arriver

Present

Perfect

j' arrive
tu arrives
il/elle arrive
nous arrivons
vous arrivez
ils/elles arrivent

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je suis arrivé(e)
tu es arrivé(e)
il/elle est arrivé(e)
nous sommes arrivé(e)s
vous êtes arrivé(e)(s)
ils/elles sont arrivé(e)s

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Imperfect

Pluperfect

j' arrivais
tu arrivais
il/elle arrivait
nous arrivions
vous arriviez
ils/elles arrivaient

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j' étais arrivé(e)
tu étais arrivé(e)
il/elle était arrivé(e)
nous étions arrivé(e)s
vous étiez arrivé(e)(s)
ils/elles étaient arrivé(e)s

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Future

Future-perfect

j' arriverai
tu arriveras
il/elle arrivera
nous arriverons
vous arriverez
ils/elles arriveront

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je serai arrivé(e)
tu seras arrivé(e)
il/elle sera arrivé(e)
nous serons arrivé(e)s
vous serez arrivé(e)(s)
ils/elles seront arrivé(e)s

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Conditional

Conditional perfect

j' arriverais
tu arriverais
il/elle arriverait
nous arriverions
vous arriveriez
ils/elles arriveraient

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je serais arrivé(e)
tu serais arrivé(e)
il/elle serait arrivé(e)
nous serions arrivé(e)s
vous seriez arrivé(e)(s)
ils/elles seraient arrivé(e)s

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Present subjunctive

Perfect subjunctive

j' arrive
tu arrives
il/elle arrive
nous arrivions
vous arriviez
ils/elles arrivent

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je sois arrivé(e)
tu sois arrivé(e)
il/elle soit arrivé(e)
nous soyons arrivé(e)s
vous soyez arrivé(e)(s)
ils/elles soient arrivé(e)s

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This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

No characteristic consonant (contrast, for example, with verbs following the finir or dormir patterns, which have a characteristic -ss- and -m- in all forms but the present tense singular);
No vowel change in the stem, other than where necessary to respect general patterns of French phonology (e.g. see préférer)²;
Past participle in -é¹.

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in -é.
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.

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