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tu en conviendras, you must admit. Convenir

always a ueuter verb, means — (1) To suit, to please, to ht (itis also used impersonally in this sensé) ; in both cases it is conjugated witli avoir, and its past participle is invariable, as it admits neitherof a direct object nor of the passive voicc. (2) To admit, agi'ee, acknowledge ; its compound tenses are then formed^ with être, and its past participle agrées with the suhject of the verb. Translate and cf. ' Cette maison nous a convenu ; nous sommes convenus du prix ; et il nous a convenu d'en payer le prix comptant.'

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