Yap.Town

nous parvînmes

we reached

→ nous
phrase Rare #30,329
we reached Literary/simple past form of parvenir. Can also imply succeeding in doing something, depending on context.
FR: Nous parvînmes au village avant la nuit.
EN: We reached the village before nightfall.

Nous parvînmes à traverser la rivière à la nage.

We managed to swim across the river.

Enfin, nous parvînmes au lac.

Finally, we reached the lake.

Nous parvînmes enfin à une solution définitive.

We finally reached a definitive solution.

Nous parvînmes finalement en Angleterre.

We finally reached England.

Nous parvînmes à la conclusion qu'il avait eu raison.

We came to the conclusion that he had been right.

Nous parvînmes au sommet de la montagne.

We reached the top of the mountain.