parviens

Parviens is a French verb form that functions as the second-person singular present indicative of parvenir, meaning to reach or to succeed in reaching a goal or destination. In use, it appears in the phrase tu parviens, as in Tu parviens au sommet. The present tense forms of parvenir are: je parviens, tu parviens, il parvient, nous parvenons, vous parvenez, ils parviennent. The form parviens thus sits within the broader conjugation and is typically encountered with the subject pronoun ti, or in its contracted written form when the subject is understood.

Parvenir is used both in a literal sense (to reach a physical place) and in a figurative sense (to manage to do something, to succeed). Common constructions include parvenir à + infinitive, meaning to manage to do something, and parvenir à un lieu, meaning to reach a location. For example: Tu parviens à résoudre ce problème, malgré les obstacles; ils parviennent à atteindre leurs objectifs. The verb is considered relatively common in everyday French and appears in formal, informal, and literary contexts.

Etymology and related forms: parvenir derives from Old French parvenir, itself from Latin pervenire, formed from per- meaning through and venire meaning to come. The present tense forms exhibit a stem parven- with standard endings, and related forms include je parviens, nous parvenons, ils parviennent, and the past participle parvenu.

See also: parvenir, conjugation of parvenir, usage of parvenir à + infinitive.