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VENIRE
Warm up (1minute)
Say the days of the week To come
in Italian. (pp.28–9) The verb venire (to come (to come ( ) is a very common verb
How do you say that can be used to make a variety of useful idiomatic
“cleaner”? (pp.110–11) expressions. Remember that in Italian, the sense of
Say “It’s 9:30,” “10:45,” continuing action is implied in the simple present
“12:00.” (pp.30–1) tense—for example, vengo can mean both
I come and I am coming.

Venire: to come (6 minutes)
Say the different forms of venire (to come (to come ( ) aloud.
Use the cover flap to test yourself and, when you
are confident, practice the sample sentences below.

(io) vengo I come
(ee-oh) vengoh
(tu) vieni you come
(too) vyenee (informal singular)
(lei) viene you come
(lay) vyenay (formal singular)
(lui/lei) viene he/she/it comes
(loo-ee/lay) vyenay
(noi) veniamo we come
(noy) veneeamoh
(voi) venite you come
(voy) veneetay (plural)
(loro) vengono they come
(loroh) vengonoh
Veniamo tutte le estati. We come
veneeamoh toottay every summer.
lay estatee
Vengo anch’io. I am coming, too.
vengoh ankeeoh
Vengono in treno. They are coming Lei viene dalla Nigeria.
vengonoh een trenoh by train. lay vyenay dallah neejayreeah
She comes from Nigeria.

Conversational tip Note that when in English you say
come and see in Italian this translates as vieni a vedere (come
to see). In the same way, Shall I come and pick you up? translated Shall I come and pick you up? translated Shall I come and pick you up?
in Italian is Vengo a prenderti?.