Past Historic / Passé Simple of the French verb devenir

The Past Historic / Passé Simple tense conjugations for the French verb devenir, along with their English translations.

devenir is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je devins	I became
tu devins	you became
il devint	he became
elle devint	she became
nous devînmes	we became
vous devîntes	you became
ils devinrent	they became
elles devinrent	they became

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