survient

Survient is the third-person singular present indicative form of the French verb survenir. The verb survenir means to occur, to arise, or to happen, often with a sense of suddenness or an unexpected turn of events. It is an intransitive verb and typically takes the auxiliary être in compound tenses, as in il est survenu.

Etymology and meaning: survenir comes from the combination of sur- (upon) and venir (to come), conveying the idea that something comes up or happens upon a situation. In everyday usage, survenir is preferred for events, problems, or phenomena rather than people.

Usage and nuance: Survenir emphasizes abruptness or surprise compared with related verbs like arriver or se produire. It is common in formal writing and in reports to describe unforeseen developments. The impersonal construction il survient is often used to introduce a general observation, while specific subjects can also take the verb in the present tense: Un problème survient lorsque les conditions changent.

Morphology: Typical conjugations include je surviens, tu surviens, il survient, nous survenons, vous survenez, ils surviennent in the present; passé composé uses the auxiliary être, as in il est survenu; passé simple is il survint; imperfect il survenait; future il surviendra; conditional il surviendrait.

Examples:

- Un problème survient lorsque le système est surchargé.

- Il survint un contretemps en milieu de réunion.

- Des difficultés peuvent survenir à tout moment.

Survient is primarily a verb form rather than a standalone noun, and its proper use conveys the sense of an event arising unexpectedly.