{"id":1664,"date":"2012-03-23T07:51:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T07:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2012-03-23T07:51:57","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T07:51:57","slug":"il-verbo-venire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/il-verbo-venire\/","title":{"rendered":"Il Verbo Venire"},"content":{"rendered":"

A short while ago I wrote a couple of blogs about il verbo andare<\/strong> (to go). Let\u2019s have a look now at its companion venire<\/strong> (to come), beginning with the common conjugations.<\/p>\n

Il presente<\/strong> (The present tense):<\/font><\/p>\n

io vengo<\/strong> = I come<\/p>\n

tu vieni<\/strong> = you (informal) come<\/p>\n

lui\/lei\/Lei viene<\/strong> = he\/she\/you formal comes<\/p>\n

noi veniamo<\/strong> = we come<\/p>\n

voi venite<\/strong> = you (plural) come<\/p>\n

loro vengono<\/strong> = they come<\/p>\n

N.B. we also use the present tense to talk about the future. Here are a couple of examples:<\/p>\n

veniamo qui molto spesso<\/strong> (we very often come here) \u2013 veniamo a trovarti venerd\u00ec prossimo, va bene?<\/strong> (we\u2019ll come to visit you next Friday, o.k.?)<\/p>\n

vieni all festa stasera?<\/strong> (are you coming to the party this evening?)<\/p>\n

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Il passato prossimo<\/strong> (The present perfect):<\/font><\/p>\n

As with andare<\/strong>, we use the verb essere<\/strong> (to be) with the past participle of venire when we talk about the past in the passato prossimo<\/strong>, e.g.:<\/p>\n

sono venuto ieri mattina ma non c\u2019eri<\/strong> (I (masculine) <\/font><\/em>came yesterday morning but you weren’t in) <\/p>\n

siamo venuti qua in vacanza anche l\u2019anno scorso<\/strong> (we came here on holiday last year as well) <\/p>\n

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Other common uses of the verb venire:<\/font><\/p>\n

with the meaning of \u2013 to be (used instead of essere<\/strong>): i funghi della Valdantena vengono considerati i migliori<\/strong> (the Valdantena mushrooms are considered the best), lo zucchero viene estratto dalla barbabietola<\/strong> (sugar is extracted from sugar beet)<\/p>\n

with the meaning of \u2013 to cost: quanto vengono queste scarpe?<\/strong> (how much are these shoes?), quanto mi viene a costare?<\/strong> (how much will it cost me?)<\/p>\n

with the meaning of – to get\/to become: mi sta venendo fame<\/strong> (I\u2019m getting hungry), ti sta venendo freddo?<\/strong> (are you getting cold?)<\/p>\n

with the meaning of \u2013 to feel like: mi viene da ridere<\/strong> (I feel like laughing), ci \u00e8 venuto da piangere<\/strong> (we felt like crying)<\/p>\n

with the meaning of \u2013 to have: mi \u00e8 venuta un\u2019idea!<\/strong> (I\u2019ve had an idea!), mi \u00e8 venuto un dubbio<\/strong> (I\u2019ve had a doubt)<\/p>\n

with the meaning of – to catch an illness: mi \u00e8 venuta l\u2019influenza<\/strong> (I\u2019ve caught the flu), mi sta venendo il mal di schiena<\/strong> (I\u2019m getting a back ache)<\/p>\n

with the meaning of \u2013 to turn out: dopo un  brutto inizio \u00e8 venuta una bella giornata<\/strong> (after a bad start it turned out to be a lovely day), com\u2019\u00e8 venuta la torta?<\/strong> (how did the cake turn out?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A short while ago I wrote a couple of blogs about il verbo andare (to go). Let\u2019s have a look now at its companion venire (to come), beginning with the common conjugations. Il presente (The present tense): io vengo = I come tu vieni = you (informal) come lui\/lei\/Lei viene = he\/she\/you formal comes noi…<\/p>\n

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