Peut-on untiliser venir part de "venir de + inf" au temps a part le present?

Adrian F.C1Kwiziq community member

Peut-on untiliser venir part de "venir de + inf" au temps a part le present?

Par example, pour exprimer une action qui s'est passée juste avant une autre, pouvons-nous dire:

"ils étaient venus d'arriver quand la pluie s'est arretée"

This question relates to:French lesson "Expressing the close past in French using "venir de" + [infinitive] (Le Passé Proche)"

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Alan G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

It's certainly possible to use other tenses - for example the song title "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans".

But your example is probably not correct, I don't think you can use the pluperfect. If the present tense of venir de + infinitive corresponds to the past tense, then what tense could the pluperfect of venir de + infinitive be? What comes before the pluperfect? Probably it should be "ils venaient d'arriver..."

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