No. 424 in French
arrivé
"Arrivé" means "arrived" in English.
In a sentence
Il est arrivé tard hier soir.
He arrived late last night.
In this sentence, 'arrivé' is used in its past participle form to describe the action of arriving in the past.
Quand je suis arrivé, la réunion était déjà terminée.
When I arrived, the meeting was already over.
Here, 'arrivé' indicates the subject's action of arriving, emphasizing the sequence of events in the past.
Le colis est bien arrivé ce matin.
The package indeed arrived this morning.
In this context, 'arrivé' applies to an object (the package) to denote its delivery or arrival at the specified time.
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