arriver: Conjugation

The arriver conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb arriver according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of arriver, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of arriver at the end of this page.

PresentPerfect

j'arrive
tuarrives
il/ellearrive
nousarrivons
vousarrivez
ils/ellesarrivent
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jesuis arrivé(e)
tues arrivé(e)
il/elleest arrivé(e)
noussommes arrivé(e)s
vousêtes arrivé(e)(s)
ils/ellessont arrivé(e)s
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ImperfectPluperfect

j'arrivais
tuarrivais
il/ellearrivait
nousarrivions
vousarriviez
ils/ellesarrivaient
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j'étais arrivé(e)
tuétais arrivé(e)
il/elleétait arrivé(e)
nousétions arrivé(e)s
vousétiez arrivé(e)(s)
ils/ellesétaient arrivé(e)s
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FutureFuture-perfect

j'arriverai
tuarriveras
il/ellearrivera
nousarriverons
vousarriverez
ils/ellesarriveront
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jeserai arrivé(e)
tuseras arrivé(e)
il/ellesera arrivé(e)
nousserons arrivé(e)s
vousserez arrivé(e)(s)
ils/ellesseront arrivé(e)s
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ConditionalConditional perfect

j'arriverais
tuarriverais
il/ellearriverait
nousarriverions
vousarriveriez
ils/ellesarriveraient
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jeserais arrivé(e)
tuserais arrivé(e)
il/elleserait arrivé(e)
nousserions arrivé(e)s
vousseriez arrivé(e)(s)
ils/ellesseraient arrivé(e)s
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Present subjunctivePerfect subjunctive

j'arrive
tuarrives
il/ellearrive
nousarrivions
vousarriviez
ils/ellesarrivent
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jesois arrivé(e)
tusois arrivé(e)
il/ellesoit arrivé(e)
noussoyons arrivé(e)s
voussoyez arrivé(e)(s)
ils/ellessoient arrivé(e)s
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Past historicPast anterior

j'arrivai
tuarrivas
il/ellearriva
nousarrivâmes
vousarrivâtes
ils/ellesarrivèrent
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jefus arrivé(e)
tufus arrivé(e)
il/ellefut arrivé(e)
nousfûmes arrivé(e)s
vousfûtes arrivé(e)(s)
ils/ellesfurent 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:

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in .
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.