One of the quiz questions is:

S. N.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tu ________ à finir ton exercice.
You managed to finish your exercise.HINT: Conjugate arriver (to manage) using le Passé Composé (conversational past)
The answer given is ‘es arrivé’. So, even when ‘arriver’ means ‘to manage’ rather than ‘to arrive’, & therefore doesn’t actually have anything to do with movement or coming & going, its auxiliary is still être rather than avoir?
Are there any further such instances we should bear in mind?
Thank you.

This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate coming and going verbs (+ être) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)"

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

Yes, arriver always goes with être. Some verbs change meaning depending on whether you use them with être or avoir. Others only use avoir. So you got everything.

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Carol W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

i too would like to know when arriver means to manage

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Je n‘arrive pas à me concentrer. — I can’t manage to concentrate.

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S. N. asked:

One of the quiz questions is:

Tu ________ à finir ton exercice.
You managed to finish your exercise.HINT: Conjugate arriver (to manage) using le Passé Composé (conversational past)
The answer given is ‘es arrivé’. So, even when ‘arriver’ means ‘to manage’ rather than ‘to arrive’, & therefore doesn’t actually have anything to do with movement or coming & going, its auxiliary is still être rather than avoir?
Are there any further such instances we should bear in mind?
Thank you.

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