In Italian, interestingly, we can also use the verb venire (to come) instead of essere to form a passive sentence in the imperfect, present, or future tense. We use the verb venire to make the sentence slightly more formal, for example in the case of rules, procedures, or court orders.
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Venire Conjugation in the Indicative Present Tense.
Presente | Present tense |
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noi veniamo | we come |
voi venite | you come |
loro vengono | they come |
What is venire in Italian?
Venire is an irregular verb of the third conjugation that translates most simply to the English "to come," but whose uses in Italian include amounting to, turning out, descending from, manifesting or occurring, hailing from, and arising or coming to.
Can the verb venire be used in the past perfect?
However, the verb venire cannot be used in the present perfect, pluperfect, and past subjunctive. Here are some examples: N.B. although essere and venire are interchangeable in the passive form, we often choose to use one rather than the other for the sake of euphony.
Are the tenses essere and venire interchangeable?
In the present, future, imperfect, and present subjunctive tenses essere and venire are interchangeable. However, the verb venire cannot be used in the present perfect, pluperfect, and past subjunctive. Here are some examples:
What does venire a parole/alle Mani mean?
You made me think of something (you made an idea come to me)! Venire a parole/alle mani: to get into a discussion/fight. Let's look at the conjugation.
How do you use Andare and venire in Italian?
Andare refers to a physical movement from one location to another. Venire refers to the movement from one location to another, but only when the person with whom you're speaking will be physically in the location where you're going. Let's take a closer look at the differences. Andare means to go to a place.Nov 25, 2021
Does venire take essere or avere?
In the next example the first verb venire (to come) is intransitive, has no direct object, and thus takes the auxiliary verb essere. The second verb portare (to bring, to carry) is transitive, having a direct object, and thus takes avere.
How do you conjugate Sapere in Italian?
Sapere is an Italian irregular verb meaning to know....Sapere Conjugation: Present Tense.iosotusailui/leisanoisappiamovoisapete1 more row
How do you conjugate Preferire in Italian?
Preferire is an Italian irregular verb meaning to prefer....Preferire Conjugation: Present Tense.iopreferiscotupreferiscilui/leipreferiscenoipreferiamovoipreferite1 more row
Venire Conjugation in the Indicative Past Tense
There 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: imperfetto and passato remoto.
Venire Conjugation to Talk about the Future
Italian has two Future tenses: simple and compound. Let’s take a look at the Future Simple first. This corresponds to the “will come” or “going to come” structures.
Compound Tenses of Venire Conjugation
So far, we’ve seen all the simple tenses of the venire conjugation in the Indicative mood, the most common and used mood in Italian.
Venire Conjugation: Present Perfect Tense
This is perhaps the most used past tense in Italian and it’s similar to the English “have come” structure.
Venire Conjugation: Past Perfect Tense
There are two more compound past tenses standing in our path to knowledge: trapassato prossimo and trapassato remoto.
Venire Conjugation: Future Perfect tense
The Italian futuro anteriore is a compound tense that belongs to the Indicative mood. It is normally used for the so called “future in the past”, which refers to an action which will be already finished before another action occurs in the future.
Subjunctive Tense of Venire
While the Indicative is the mood of reality, the congiuntivo (Subjunctive) is the mood of uncertainty and is used to express doubt, wish or desire.
VENIRE
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VENIRE with cost
One common time that you will hear “VENIRE” used frequently, is when Italians talk about cost.
VENIRE with feelings
The next way that you will hear VENIRE used a lot, is with feelings or emotions.
VENIRE used instead of "essere" in passive sentences
One use of VENIRE that often confuses Italian students, is when it is used instead of “essere” in passive sentences.
VENIRE to ask about an outcome
Another use for the verb VENIRE is with asking how something turned out.
How to use Andare and Venire
In today’s article called “How to use Andare and Venire”, I talk about these basic verbs because sometimes they can make students struggle to use them properly.
Andare and Venire
Perhaps it is useless to point this out but one thing I would like to do is to use English to clarify their meaning:
When to use Andare
1. When you are referring to someone who is there with you and needs to get to the same place as you.
Common Mistakes
I thought it was very important to talk about this topic that in some ways may seem very trivial, because I often happen to hear sentences that are a bit strange during my classes. For example, a student might say sentences to me like the following:
Conclusion
In this article I felt the need to talk about the verbs andare and venire, first of all because they are very common verbs and everyone uses them from their very first Italian lessons, and secondly because I noticed, to my great surprise, a bit of confusion even in those students who already have an advanced level.
Passive voice with essere
To form the passive voice in Italian, we use the verb essere plus the past participle of the main verb, as in the examples below:
Passive voice with venire
In Italian, interestingly, we can also use the verb venire (to come) instead of essere to form a passive sentence in the imperfect, present, or future tense.
