No. 510 in French
venu
"Venu" means "come" or "arrived" in English.
In a sentence
Il est venu me voir hier soir.
He came to see me last night.
The word 'venu' in this sentence is used as the past participle of the verb 'venir' in the passé composé tense to indicate that he has come.
L'idée m'est venue soudainement.
The idea came to me suddenly.
In this sentence, 'venue' is used with the noun 'idée' and conveys the metaphorical coming or arrival of an idea to the speaker.
C'est le moment tant attendu que nous sommes venus célébrer.
This is the long-awaited moment that we have come to celebrate.
Here, 'venus' is the past participle of 'venir' used with the pronoun 'nous' as part of a compound sentence to indicate arrival with a purpose in the past.
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