The verbs VENIR and TENIR are irregular in the Subjonctif Présent:
| que je vienne / tienne | that I come / hold |
| que tu viennes / tiennes | that you come / hold |
| qu'il/elle/on vienne / tienne | that he/she/we comes / holds |
| que nous venions / tenions | that we come / hold |
| que vous veniez / teniez | that you come / hold |
| qu'ils/elles viennent / tiennent | that they come / hold |
Note that the nous and vous forms are the same as in L'Imparfait. (See Conjugate regular verbs in L'Imparfait (imperfect tense))
As for the other forms, the irregular roots vienn- for VENIR / tienn- for TENIR are followed by the regular endings of Le Subjonctif Présent:
-e, -es, -e, [-], [-], -ent
Il faut que je retienne ma respiration sous l'eau.
I have to hold my breath under water.
Elle ne s'attendait pas à ce que tu reviennes.
She didn't expect you to come back.
Tu n'es pas sûre qu'il se souvienne de toi.
You're not sure he remembers you.
Nos parents voulaient que nous devenions avocats.
Our parents wanted us to become lawyers.
Il est important que vous les préveniez immédiatement !
It is important that you warn them immediately!
J'ai peur qu'ils ne retiennent jamais la leçon.
I'm afraid they'll never learn their lesson.
Venir and Tenir derivatives include:
devenir - to become
revenir - to come back
intervenir - to intervene
prévenir - to warn
se souvenir - to remember
retenir - to retain, to hold back
détenir - to detain
obtenir - to get, to obtain
appartenir - to belong
contenir - to contain
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Il faut que je retienne ma respiration sous l'eau.
I have to hold my breath under water.
Il est important que vous les préveniez immédiatement !
It is important that you warn them immediately!
Nos parents voulaient que nous devenions avocats.
Our parents wanted us to become lawyers.
Elle ne s'attendait pas à ce que tu reviennes.
She didn't expect you to come back.
Tu n'es pas sûre qu'il se souvienne de toi.
You're not sure he remembers you.
J'ai peur qu'ils ne retiennent jamais la leçon.
I'm afraid they'll never learn their lesson.
Erin
Kwiziq community member
14 January 2017
2 replies
the person who reads this script cannot be understood!
most readers in the recorded segments are good, clear and articulate. Not this woman. Why?
Aurélie
Kwiziq language super star
16 January 2017
16/01/17
We've been using different voice softwares, with various results as you can hear :)
Thanks to you, these audio files have now been updated and are much clearer !
Merci et à bientôt !
Erin
Kwiziq community member
16 January 2017
16/01/17