The Passé Récent is the tense which represents doing something. e.g. I just returned. However, in French you say that you come from doing something rather than having just done it, so that sentence would be: e.g. 'Je viens de revenir If we break it down into its parts it looks like this: (pronoun) (conjugated form of venir) de (infinitive verb) Here are some more examples: We have just finished = Nous venons de finir She has just arrived = Elle vient d'arriver They have just eaten = Ils viennent de manger