No. 276 in French

venir

"Venir" means "to come" in English.

In a sentence

Je viens de lire ce livre.
I just read this book.
Here, 'viens' is used in the recent past form with 'de' to indicate an action that has just happened.
Ils viennent à la fête ce soir.
They are coming to the party tonight.
'Viennent' is used in the present tense to indicate the action of movement (coming) happening in the near future.
Quand pouvez-vous venir me voir?
When can you come to see me?
'Venir' is used in the infinitive to describe the act of coming.

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