The French for arrive, happen is the verb arriver

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French for arrive, happen is the regular ER verb arriver, shown here in all its tenses and conjugations that are used in contemporary French.

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So, if you want to know how to say arrive, happen in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb arriver - French for arrive, happen

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of arriver, which is French for arrive, happen.

• I arrive, happen.
• you arrived.
• he will arrive, happen.
• we would arrive, happen.
• they may arrive, happen.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for arriver, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Repeat the process again and again for best results.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE arriver
Simple Tenses arriver
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent arrive, happen	arrive	arrives	arrive	arrivons	arrivez	arrivent
Past Imperfect Imparfait arrived	arrivais	arrivais	arrivait	arrivions	arriviez	arrivaient
Simple Past Passé Simple arrived	arrivai	arrivas	arriva	arrivâmes	arrivâtes	arrivèrent
Future Futur will arrive, happen	arriverai	arriveras	arrivera	arriverons	arriverez	arriveront
Conditional Conditionnel would arrive, happen	arriverais	arriverais	arriverait	arriverions	arriveriez	arriveraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may arrive, happen	arrive	arrives	arrive	arrivions	arriviez	arrivent
Compound Tenses arriver
Present Perfect Passé Composé have arrived	ai arrivé	as arrivé	a arrivé	avons arrivé	avez arrivé	ont arrivé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had arrived	avais arrivé	avais arrivé	avait arrivé	avions arrivé	aviez arrivé	avaient arrivé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai arrivé	auras arrivé	aura arrivé	aurons arrivé	aurez arrivé	auront arrivé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have arrived	aurais arrivé	aurais arrivé	aurait arrivé	aurions arrivé	auriez arrivé	auraient arrivé
Imperative Imperatif arrive, happen!		arrive		arrivons	arrivez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of arriver the French for arrive, happen
présent de l’indicatif

j’arrive
- I arrive, happen
tu arrives
- you arrive, happen - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on arrive
- he, she, it, one arrives
nous arrivons
- we arrive, happen
vous arrivez
- you arrive, happen (formal or plural)
ils, elles arrivent
- they arrive, happen

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of arriver, the French for arrive, happen
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’arrivais
- I arrived
- I was arriving
tu arrivais
- you arrived- (familiar or informal)
- you were arriving
il, elle, on arrivait
- he, she, it, one arrived
- he, she, it, one was arriving
nous arrivions
- we arrived
- we were arriving
vous arriviez
- you arrived- (formal or plural)
- you were arriving
ils, elles arrivaient
- they arrived
- they were arriving

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of arriver, the French for arrive, happen
passé simple

j’arrivai
- I arrived
tu arrivas
- you arrived- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on arriva
- he, she, it, one arrived
nous arrivâmes
- we arrived
vous arrivâtes
- you arrived- (formal or plural)
ils, elles arrivèrent
they arrived
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of arriver, the French for arrive, happen
futur

j’arriverai
- I will arrive, happen
tu arriveras
- you will arrive, happen (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on arrivera
- he, she, it, one will arrive, happen
nous arriverons
- we will arrive, happen
vous arriverez
- you will arrive, happen (formal or plural)
ils, elles arriveront
- they will arrive, happen

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Conditional Tense conjugations of arriver, the French for arrive, happen
conditionnel

j’arriverais
- I would arrive, happen
tu arriverais
- you would arrive, happen (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on arriverait
- he, she, it, one would arrive, happen
nous arriverions
- we would arrive, happen
vous arriveriez
- you would arrive, happen (formal or plural)
ils, elles arriveraient
- they would arrive, happen

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of arriver, the French for arrive, happen
présent de subjonctif

que j’arrive
- that I may arrive, happen
que tu arrives
- that you may arrive, happen(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on arrive
- that he, she, it, one may arrive, happen
que nous arrivions
- that we may arrive, happen
que vous arriviez
- that you may arrive, happen(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles arrivent
- that they may arrive, happen

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb arriver - the verb ‘to arrive, happen’ in French

Past Participle of arriver is:
arrivé -arrived.

Seeing that the past participle is taken and merged with the various conjugations of the verb - to have - avoir, create the four French compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

• I have arrived
• you had arrived
• he will have arrived
• we would have arrived

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of arriver - French for arrive, happen
passé composé

Here’s the French for arrive, happen conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai arrivé
- I have arrived or I did arrive, happen or
- I arrived
tu as arrivé
- you have arrived or you did arrive, happen - (familiar or informal) or
- you arrived
il, elle, on a arrivé
- he, she, it, one has arrive, happen or did arrive, happen
- he, she, it arrived
nous avons arrivé
- we have arrived or we did arrive, happen
- we arrived
vous avez arrivé
- you have arrived or you did arrive, happen (formal or plural) or
- or we arrived
ils, elles ont arrivé
- they have arrived or they did arrive, happen
- they arrived

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of arriver - arrive, happen in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -arrive, happen conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais arrivé
- I had arrived
tu avais arrivé
- you had arrived- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait arrivé
- he, she, it, one had arrived
nous avions arrivé
- we had arrived
vous aviez arrivé
- you had arrived (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient arrivé
- they had arrived

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of arriver, the French for arrive, happen
futur antérieur

j’aurai arrivé
- I will have
tu auras arrivé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura arrivé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons arrivé
- we will have
vous aurez arrivé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront arrivé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of arriver, the French for arrive, happen
conditionnel passé

j’aurais arrivé
- I would have arrived
tu aurais arrivé
- you would have arrived- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait arrivé
- he, she, it, one would have arrived
nous aurions arrivé
- we would have arrived
vous auriez arrivé
- you would have arrived- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient arrivé
- they would have arrived

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Imperative Tense conjugations of arriver, the French for arrive, happen
impératif

arrive
- arrive, happen!
arrivons
- let’s arrive, happen!
arrivez
- arrive, happen!

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Present Participle of arriver

arrivant - arriving

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like arriver the French for arrive, happen

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