A Step-By-Step Guide to Conjugating 'Arriver' (to Arrive)

Simple Conjugations for the French Verb 'Arriver'

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Updated on February 28, 2020

The French verb arriver means "to arrive" and is a regular -er verb. The conjugation pattern is easy to follow.

How to Conjugate the French Verb Arriver

To conjugate a regular -er verb, you remove the -er from the infinitive to get the stem (arriv-) and add the ending that matches the subject pronoun and the tense you want to use.

	Present	Future	Imperfect	Present participle
j'	arrive	arriverai	arrivais	arrivant
tu	arrives	arriveras	arrivais
il	arrive	arrivera	arrivait
nous	arrivons	arriverons	arrivions
vous	arrivez	arriverez	arriviez
ils	arrivent	arriveront	arrivaient
	Subjunctive	Conditional	Passé simple	Imperfect subjunctive
j'	arrive	arriverais	arrivai	arrivasse
tu	arrives	arriverais	arrivas	arrivasses
il	arrive	arriverait	arriva	arrivât
nous	arrivions	arriverions	arrivâmes	arrivassions
vous	arriviez	arriveriez	arrivâtes	arrivassiez
ils	arrivent	arriveraient	arrivèrent	arrivassent
	Imperative
(tu)	arrive
(nous)	arrivons
(vous)	arrivez

How to Use Arriver in the Past Tense

While the passé composé is a compound tense, it's important to go over, as it's the typical way to use the past tense. To form it, you have to know which auxiliary verb to use and a verb's past participle. For arriver, the auxiliary verb is être and the past participle is arrivé.

For example:

Vous êtes arrivé trop tard.
You arrived too late.

Il est arrivé avec sa soeur.
He arrived with his sister.

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