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  2. /The recent past (venir de + infinitive)
  3. /se passer

se passer

se passer
to happen
From Lesson 70:The recent past (venir de + infinitive)·French

Usages of se passer

Un événement important vient de se passer.
An important event just happened.
Où est-ce que cet événement vient de se passer ?
Where did this event just happen?
L'événement va se passer ici dans une semaine.
The event is going to happen here in a week.
L'expert a affirmé que l'accident s'y était passé.
The expert stated that the accident had happened there.
Tu dois calmer son mécontentement, quoi qu'il se passe.
You must calm his discontent, whatever happens.
C'est un bref miracle, mais il s'est passé quand même !
It is a brief miracle, but it happened anyway!
Je ne sais pas ce qui se passe sur cette case.
I do not know what is happening on this square.
Explique-moi simplement ce qui s'est passé.
Just explain to me what happened.

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