Look at these sentences with venir/tenir in le Passé Simple:
To conjugate venir, tenir and derivatives in le Passé Simple, here is what to do:
Keep only the first letter 'v' or 't' (without -ENIR) + endings: -ins, -ins, -int, -înmes, -întes, -inrent
Note that when using derivatives with prefixes, like devenir or retenir, you take off -ENIR as well, and therefore will keep dev- or ret-.
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