devenir at A2 — the past tenses (être verb!)
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Like venir, it takes être.
Devenir takes être
« Je suis devenu » — I became. Like its parent venir, this verb takes être, and the participle agrees: « elle est devenue », « ils sont devenus ».
The participle devenu ends in -u, following the venir family. The imperfect is regular from the nous stem: je devenais.
💡 Focus at this level: Past — with être
👨🏫 How to use « devenir » at this level
1. Être, with agreement. « Elle est devenue. »
2. Participle devenu. Same as venu, revenu.
3. Imperfect je devenais for gradual change.
Je suis devenu professeur.I became a teacher.
Elle est devenue célèbre.She became famous.
Ils sont devenus amis.They became friends.
Ça devenait difficile.It was becoming difficult.
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