arrive

arriver

Atteindre le lieu où l’on se rend.

En anglais simple : To reach the place you are going to.

• We arrived home late.
• The guests will arrive at six.
• When did you arrive in London?

Comment l'utiliser : arrive at a place (We arrived at the station early.); arrive in a city/country (They arrive in Italy tomorrow.); arrive home (She arrived home after midnight.)

Synonymes : get there, reach one's destination

Contraires : leave, depart

Expressions courantes : arrive home, arrive at school, arrive in london, arrive at something

arriver, parvenir

Pour un objet envoyé, parvenir au lieu auquel il était destiné.

En anglais simple : If an object is sent somewhere, it reaches that place.

• Your parcel arrived today.
• The letter arrived by post yesterday.
• Has my new phone arrived yet?

Comment l'utiliser : arrive at a place (The supplies arrived at the warehouse today.)

Synonymes : come, be delivered

Expressions courantes : arrive by post, arrive in something, arrive at something

arriver, venir

Pour un moment ou un événement attendu, devenir présent et ne plus être à venir.

En anglais simple : If a time or event does this, it becomes the present rather than the future.

• Summer has arrived.
• The moment finally arrived for her speech.
• When the holidays arrive, we will visit our cousins.

Synonymes : come

Expressions courantes : summer will arrive, the day will arrive, when holidays arrive