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arriver: Conjugation

The arriver conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb arriver according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of arriver, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of arriver at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
j' arrive tu arrives il/elle arrive nous arrivons vous arrivez ils/elles arrivent Pronounce these verb forms	je suis arrivé(e) tu es arrivé(e) il/elle est arrivé(e) nous sommes arrivé(e)s vous êtes arrivé(e)(s) ils/elles sont arrivé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' arrivais tu arrivais il/elle arrivait nous arrivions vous arriviez ils/elles arrivaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' étais arrivé(e) tu étais arrivé(e) il/elle était arrivé(e) nous étions arrivé(e)s vous étiez arrivé(e)(s) ils/elles étaient arrivé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' arriverai tu arriveras il/elle arrivera nous arriverons vous arriverez ils/elles arriveront Pronounce these verb forms	je serai arrivé(e) tu seras arrivé(e) il/elle sera arrivé(e) nous serons arrivé(e)s vous serez arrivé(e)(s) ils/elles seront arrivé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' arriverais tu arriverais il/elle arriverait nous arriverions vous arriveriez ils/elles arriveraient Pronounce these verb forms	je serais arrivé(e) tu serais arrivé(e) il/elle serait arrivé(e) nous serions arrivé(e)s vous seriez arrivé(e)(s) ils/elles seraient arrivé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' arrive tu arrives il/elle arrive nous arrivions vous arriviez ils/elles arrivent Pronounce these verb forms	je sois arrivé(e) tu sois arrivé(e) il/elle soit arrivé(e) nous soyons arrivé(e)s vous soyez arrivé(e)(s) ils/elles soient arrivé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' arrivai tu arrivas il/elle arriva nous arrivâmes vous arrivâtes ils/elles arrivèrent Pronounce these verb forms	je fus arrivé(e) tu fus arrivé(e) il/elle fut arrivé(e) nous fûmes arrivé(e)s vous fûtes arrivé(e)(s) ils/elles furent arrivé(e)s Pronounce these verb forms

This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

• No characteristic consonant (contrast, for example, with verbs following the finir or dormir patterns, which have a characteristic -ss- and -m- in all forms but the present tense singular);
• No vowel change in the stem, other than where necessary to respect general patterns of French phonology (e.g. see préférer)²;
• Past participle in -é¹.

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in -é.
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.