il vint

came

v ɛ̃ → venir
vin come + t 3rd-person singular past tense
verb · third singular · past indicative Common #7,730
came Past historic (passé simple) form, used mainly in writing (especially stories) for completed actions in the past.
FR: Il vint trop tard.
EN: He came too late.
Conjugation of venir
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third vint vinrent

Lequel d'entre vous vint ici le premier?

Which of you came here first?

Elle demanda de l'aide, mais personne ne vint.

She asked for help, but no one came.

Une idée brillante me vint à l'esprit.

A brilliant idea came to me.

Elle ne vint pas avant deux heures.

She didn't come for another two hours.

Il vint en voiture.

He came by car.

Une idée brillante lui vint à l'esprit.

A brilliant idea came to him.

Il vint chez moi.

He came to my house.

Après deux heures vint mon tour.

After two hours, it was my turn.

— PK (2014)

Une balle de baseball vint voler à travers la fenêtre.

A baseball came flying through the window.

Vint l'automne et les feuilles se mirent à tomber.

Autumn came, and the leaves began to fall.

Ziri vint.

Ziri came.

Il vint à Tokyo à la recherche d'un emploi.

He came to Tokyo in search of a job.

Un prince vint sur un cheval blanc.

A prince came on a white horse.

Personne ne vint.

No one came.

Un étranger vint me demander la route pour l'hôpital.

A stranger came to ask me the way to the hospital.

Sa mère vint le chercher.

His mother came to pick him up.

Il vint me prendre.

He came to pick me up.

Monsieur Wood vint dans le champ.

Mr. Wood came into the field.

Bien que très occupée elle vint me faire ses adieux.

Although very busy, she came to say goodbye to me.

Un garçon vint en courant vers moi.

A boy came running towards me.

La nourriture vint à manquer.

Food began to run out.

— Wicked (2024)

Il vint comme il l'avait promis.

He came as he had promised.

Puis vint le moment où l'essaim d'abeilles se noya.

Then came the moment when the swarm of bees drowned.

— Les Ailes du désir (1987)

Le tonnerre vint longtemps après l'éclair.

The thunder came long after the lightning.

Elle vint me prendre.

She came to pick me up.

Dan ne vint pas au travail ce jour-là.

Dan did not come to work that day.

Il lui vint à l'esprit de commencer tout de suite.

It occurred to him to start right away.

Il vint, en dépit de l'épaisse neige.

He came despite the heavy snow.

Bien qu'elle fut occupée, elle vint me voir.

Although she was busy, she came to see me.

Aucune aide ne vint des elfes ce jour-là.

No help came from the elves that day.

— Le Hobbit : Un voyage inattendu (2012)

Il en vint à la question suivante.

He came to the next question.

L'argent vint à nous manquer.

We began to run out of money.

Et soudainement, une bonne idée me vint.

And suddenly, a good idea came to me.

Mon tour vint enfin.

My turn finally came.

Il vint me voir le chapeau entre les mains pour me demander un prêt.

He came to see me with his hat in his hands to ask me for a loan.

Lequel d'entre vous vint ici en premier?

Which of you came here first?

Elle demanda de l'aide mais personne ne vint.

She asked for help, but no one came.

Une nuit, un homme vint chez moi.

One night a man came to my house.

C'est Tom qui vint en premier.

It was Tom who came first.

Il vint en premier.

He came first.

Une bonne idée lui vint à l'esprit.

A good idea occurred to him.

Depuis ce jour, la princesse Kaguya de vint totalement méconnaissable.

From that day on, Princess Kaguya became completely unrecognizable.

— Le Conte de la princesse Kaguya (2013)

Il ne vint jamais.

He never came.

Il vint au Japon lorsqu'il était enfant.

He came to Japan when he was a child.

Un de mes amis vint me voir pendant la journée.

A friend of mine came to see me during the day.

Une idée pour perdre un peu son temps me vint alors à l'esprit.

An idea for wasting a little time then occurred to me.

Après l'éclair vint le tonnerre.

After the lightning came the thunder.

Un client vint et le thé fut préparé.

A customer came and tea was prepared.

Il en vint à me considérer différemment.

He came to regard me differently.

Elle en vint à ne plus vouloir jamais vivre à nouveau dans cette ville.

She eventually no longer wanted to ever live in that city again.

Il vint tandis que je dormais encore.

He came while I was still asleep.

Une bonne idée me vint.

A good idea came to me.

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