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 the imperfect tense in French (L'Imparfait))
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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