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
Have a look at these examples with venir and tenir derivatives:
Il est important que vous les préveniez immédiatement !It is important that you warn them immediately!
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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