Come - Venir (The 88th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Come is Venir. It can be used as verb. It is the 88th most commonly used word in French, classified as a A1 word. This word often comes up when talking about shops & services, being & changes, activities & movements. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: come

French: venir

Examples


What a pity she can't come	Dommage qu'il ne puisse pas venir
It is a pity that you can not come.	C'est dommage que tu ne puisses pas venir.
I'm very busy so I probably won't be able to come tomorrow.	Je ne pourrai peut-être pas venir, car je suis très occupé.
Nobody saw it coming.	Personne ne le vit venir.
The boy seems to be coming in this direction.	Le garçon semble venir dans cette direction.
You didn't have to come into the office today.	Vous n'aviez pas besoin de venir au bureau aujourd'hui.
I didn't hear her coming.	Je ne l'ai pas entendu venir.
I thought that you didn't want to come.	J'ai cru que tu ne voulais pas venir.

If you didn't want to come, you should have said something.	Si tu ne voulais pas venir, tu aurais dû dire quelque chose.
He cannot come, he is ill.	Il ne peut pas venir, il est malade.
The best was yet to come.	Le meilleur était encore à venir.
Please come and see me if you have time.	N'hésitez pas à venir me voir si vous avez le temps.
It will be all better if you can come now.	Tout ira mieux si vous pouvez venir maintenant.
Let them all come.	Laissez-les tous venir.
He is to come to my house tonight.	Il va venir chez moi ce soir.
I'll gladly come.	Je serais content de venir.
You must try and come to the party.	Tu devrais essayer de venir à la soirée.
It was too bad you couldn't come.	Il est dommage que tu n'aies pu venir.
You may bring whoever wants to come.	Tu peux emmener qui veut venir.
So you decided to come after all.	Alors tu as décidé de venir après tout.
It's too bad she can't come to the party.	C'est dommage qu'elle ne puisse pas venir à la fête.