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The Italian venire<\/em><\/strong> conjugation is widely used to express movement. Venire<\/strong> is an irregular verb and is the equivalent of the English \u201cto come\u201d. It means to come from, to arrive, to occur, and is sometimes used in a welcoming tone too (e.g. Vieni<\/em>! \u2013 Come on in!)<\/p>\nVenire<\/strong> is an intransitive verb \u2013 therefore it lacks a direct object, and its compound tenses are conjugated with the auxiliary essere<\/em>. Let\u2019s learn how to conjugate this important verb in all the tenses.<\/p>\nVenire<\/em> Conjugation in the Indicative Present Tense<\/h2>\nLet\u2019s first see how the Present tense looks like:<\/p>\n
\n\n\nPresente<\/strong><\/td>\nPresent tense<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io vengo<\/td>\n | I come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu vieni<\/td>\n | you come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| lui\/lei viene<\/td>\n | he\/she comes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi veniamo<\/td>\n | we come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi venite<\/td>\n | you come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| loro vengono<\/td>\n | they come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Veniamo<\/strong> tutti da Napoli.
\nWe all come from Naples.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe verb venire<\/strong> is similar to the English \u201cto come\u201d, with a few differences. You can use venire<\/strong> to say where you\u2019re from, or to ask somebody to come somewhere. Unlike English, you also use the Present Simple of venire<\/strong> to mean that something \u201cturns out\u201d in a certain way, or even to ask for the price.<\/p>\nLet\u2019s clarify it with some examples:<\/p>\n \n- Le lasagne sono il piatto che mi viene<\/strong> meglio.
\nI can make great lasagne (they turn out very good).<\/p>\n<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n - Quanto viene<\/strong> un kg di mele?
\nHow much is a kg of apples?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nVenire<\/em> Conjugation in the Indicative Past Tense<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\nThere are five past tenses in the indicative mood, including two simple and three compound tenses. We will first see the simple past tenses of venire<\/strong>: imperfetto<\/em> and passato remoto<\/em>.<\/p>\nIf you\u2019ve been studying Italian for a while you might know that the first one is used to express regular activities that happened in the past, while the second is used for situations that happened a long time ago.<\/p>\n \n\n\nImperfetto<\/strong><\/td>\nImperfect<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io venivo<\/td>\n | I came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu venivi<\/td>\n | you came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| lui\/lei veniva<\/td>\n | he\/she came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi venivamo<\/td>\n | we came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi venivate<\/td>\n | you came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| loro venivano<\/td>\n | they came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Ti ricordi? Da piccoli, venivamo<\/strong> a giocare in questo parco tutti i giorni
\nDo you remember? When we were children, we used to come in this park every day.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe other tense is the\u00a0passato remoto<\/strong>\u00a0(Remote Past tense), which indicates an action that happened \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 in the remote past. It looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\nPassato remote<\/strong><\/td>\nRemote Past tense<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io venni<\/td>\n | I came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu venisti<\/td>\n | you came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| lui\/lei venne<\/td>\n | he\/she came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi venimmo<\/td>\n | we came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi veniste<\/td>\n | you came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| loro vennero<\/td>\n | they came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Aveva promesso di venirmi a trovare, ma non venne<\/strong> mai.
\nHe promised to come visit me, but he never came.<\/p>\n<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n - I nostri nonni vennero<\/strong> in America in cerca di fortuna.
\nOur grandparents came to America to seek their fortune.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYou will hardly hear passato remoto<\/strong> in Italian \u2013 it is not very common as native speakers prefer to use other tenses instead (such as passato prossimo<\/strong>).<\/p>\nVenire<\/em> Conjugation to Talk about the Future<\/h2>\nItalian has two Future tenses: simple and compound. Let\u2019s take a look at the Future Simple first. This corresponds to the \u201cwill come\u201d or \u201cgoing to come\u201d structures.<\/p>\n \n\n\nFuturo Semplice<\/strong><\/td>\nFuture Simple<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io verr\u00f2<\/td>\n | I will come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu verrai<\/td>\n | you will come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| lui\/lei verr\u00e0<\/td>\n | he\/she will come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi verremo<\/td>\n | we will come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi verrete<\/td>\n | you will come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| loro verranno<\/td>\n | they will come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Quando verr\u00e0<\/strong> il momento, dovremo essere pronti.
\nWhen the time comes (will come), we must be ready.<\/p>\n<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n - \u00c8 piuttosto tardi, non credo che verranno<\/strong> pi\u00f9.
\nIt\u2019s quite late, I don\u2019t think they will come anymore.<\/p>\n<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n - Verrai<\/strong> al mio matrimonio?
\nWill you come to my wedding?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCompound Tenses of Venire<\/em> Conjugation
\n<\/strong><\/h2>\nSo far, we\u2019ve seen all the simple tenses of the\u00a0venire<\/strong>\u00a0conjugation in the Indicative mood, the most common and used mood in Italian.<\/p>\nHowever, the Indicative also has four compound tenses. Those are:\u00a0passato prossimo<\/strong>\u00a0(Present Perfect tense),\u00a0trapassato prossimo<\/strong>\u00a0(Past Perfect tense),\u00a0trapassato remoto<\/strong>\u00a0(Preterite Perfect tense) and\u00a0futuro anteriore\u00a0<\/strong>(Future Perfect tense).<\/p>\nThe compound tenses of venire<\/strong> are formed with the auxiliary verb essere<\/strong> (to be). As always, you need to add the past participle of venire<\/strong>, which is venuto<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\nLet\u2019s now take a look at how to form each compound tense and when to use them.<\/p>\n Venire<\/em> Conjugation: Present Perfect Tense<\/h2>\nThis is perhaps the most used past tense in Italian and it\u2019s similar to the English \u201chave come\u201d structure.<\/p>\n It is used to indicate that something occurred in the recent past and can be translated in English both with the Simple Past and with Present Perfect.<\/p>\n The Present Perfect tense of\u00a0venire<\/strong>\u00a0is formed by the Present simple of the auxiliary verb\u00a0essere<\/strong>\u00a0(to be) + its past participle:\u00a0venuto<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPassato prossimo<\/strong><\/td>\nPresent Perfect tense<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io sono venuto\/a<\/td>\n | I have come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu sei venuto\/a<\/td>\n | you have come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| lui\/lei \u00e8 venuto\/a<\/td>\n | he\/she has come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi siamo venuti\/e<\/td>\n | we have come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi siete venuti\/e<\/td>\n | you have come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| loro sono venuti\/e<\/td>\n | they have come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n If the subject of venire is feminine it requires to change the ending with \u201ca\u201d (singular) or with \u201ce\u201d (for plural nouns).<\/p>\n \n- Sono venuta<\/strong> a casa tua ieri, ma non ti ho trovato.
\nI\u2019ve come to your house yesterday, but I didn\u2019t find you.<\/p>\n<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n - Luca non \u00e8 venuto<\/strong> a lavoro oggi, che sia malato?
\nLuca didn\u2019t come to work today, is he ill?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nVenire<\/em> Conjugation: Past Perfect Tense<\/h2>\nThere are two more compound past tenses standing in our path to knowledge: trapassato prossimo<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0trapassato remoto<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThe trapassato prossimo<\/strong> (Pluperfect) is used to describe a past situation that happened before another one (both actions already happened in the past). It indicates that a past action ended before another one could start.<\/p>\nIt is similar to the English \u201chad come\u201d and is formed with the imperfetto<\/strong>\u00a0(Indicative Imperfect) of the auxiliary verb\u00a0essere\u00a0<\/strong>and its past participle\u00a0venuto.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nTrapassato prossimo<\/strong><\/td>\nPluperfect<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io ero venuto\/a<\/td>\n | I had come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu eri venuto\/a<\/td>\n | you had come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| lui\/lei era venuto\/a<\/td>\n | he\/she had come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi eravamo venuti\/e<\/td>\n | we had come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi eravate venuti\/e<\/td>\n | you had come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| loro erano venuti\/e<\/td>\n | they had come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Ero venuto per fare pace, ma lui ha continuato ad accusarmi.
\nI had come to make peace, but then he started to blame me.<\/p>\n<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n - Non ero mai venuto in questo bar, prima d\u2019ora.
\nI\u2019ve never been to this bar before.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe other compound past tense is trapassato remoto<\/strong> (Preterite Perfect tense), which does not exist in English. You can translate it with the \u201chad came\u201d<\/em> structure.<\/p>\nIt is used mostly in books and literature to indicate an action that happened a very long time ago, so don\u2019t worry too much about using it in real life conversations.<\/p>\n \n\n\nTrapassato remoto<\/strong><\/td>\nPreterite Perfect tense<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io fui venuto\/a<\/td>\n | I had came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu fosti venuto\/a<\/td>\n | you had came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| lui\/lei fu venuto\/a<\/td>\n | he\/she had came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi fummo venuti\/e<\/td>\n | we had came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi foste venuti\/e<\/td>\n | you had came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| loro furono venuti\/e<\/td>\n | they had came<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Dopo che il loro figlio fu venuto al mondo, i bisnonni si trasferirono in citt\u00e0.
\nAfter their son was born (came to the world), my great-grandparents moved to the city.
\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nVenire<\/em> Conjugation: Future Perfect tense<\/h2>\nThe Italian futuro anteriore<\/strong> is a compound tense that belongs to the Indicative mood. It is normally used for the so called \u201cfuture in the past\u201d, which refers to an action which will be already finished before another action occurs in the future.<\/p>\nIt is formed with the Future Simple of essere<\/strong> and the past participle of venire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFuturo anteriore<\/strong><\/td>\nFuture Perfect tense<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| io sar\u00f2 venuto\/a<\/td>\n | I will have come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| tu sarai venuto\/a<\/td>\n | you will have come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| lui\/lei sar\u00e0 venuto\/a<\/td>\n | he\/she will have come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| noi saremo venuti\/e<\/td>\n | we will have come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| voi sarete venuti\/e<\/td>\n | you will have come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| loro saranno venuti\/e<\/td>\n | they will have come<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Ti dar\u00f2 il tuo regalo di compleanno solo dopo che sarai venuto a trovarmi.
\nI\u2019ll give you your birthday present only after you come (will have come) visit me.<\/p>\n<\/em><\/li>\n - Se la torta sar\u00e0 venuta bene, la porter\u00f2 in ufficio.
\nIf the cake turns (will have turned) out well, I\u2019ll bring it to the office.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe Future Perfect tense is an advanced tense so don\u2019t worry about it too much, as even native speakers often replace it with futuro semplice<\/em>.<\/p>\nSubjunctive Tense of\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Venire<\/em><\/h2>\nWhile the Indicative is the mood of reality, the congiuntivo<\/strong> (Subjunctive) is the mood of uncertainty and is used to express doubt, wish or desire.<\/p>\nIt only has four tenses: two simple and two compound tenses, and is often used in subordinate sentences introduced by the word \u201cche<\/strong>\u201d (that).<\/p>\nPresent Subjunctive<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\nLet\u2019s take a look at the Present Subjunctive of venire<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\nCongiuntivo presente<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| che io venga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| che tu venga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| che lui\/lei venga<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| che noi veniamo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| che voi veniate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nche loro vengano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Spero che Marco venga<\/strong> alla mia festa.
\nI hope that Marco comes to my party.<\/p>\n<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n - Spero che veniate<\/strong> con me, ma io andr\u00f2 in ogni caso.
\nI hope you\u2019ll come with me, but I\u2019ll go anyways.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nPerfect Subjunctive<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Subjunctive Perfect has the same function of the present tense: it is still used to express a hope, wish or a hypothesis, but about something that occurred in the past.<\/p>\n \n\n\nCongiuntivo passato<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| che io sia venuto\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| che tu sia venuto\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| che lui\/lei sia venuto\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| che noi siamo venuti\/e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| che voi siate venuti\/e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nche loro siano venuti\/e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n- Ho il sospetto che Marco sia venuto<\/strong> alla festa solo per vedere Laura.
\nI suspect that Marco came to the party only to see Laura.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |