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### The irregular verb "venire"

The verb **venire** (to come) is irregular in the present tense. Notice how the stem changes for all forms except **noi** and **voi**.

| Subject pronoun | venire |
| --- | --- |
| **io** | vengo |
| **tu** | vieni |
| **lui / lei / Lei** | viene |
| **noi** | veniamo |
| **voi** | venite |
| **loro** | vengono |

You will often use **venire** to talk about arriving somewhere or attending an event, such as a party (**la festa**).

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### Events and invitations

When discussing plans, you will frequently use **venire** alongside events like **il concerto** (the concert), **la riunione** (the meeting), or **il teatro** (the theater).

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To ask someone to join you, use the regular verb **invitare** (to invite).

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### Saying "gladly"

To enthusiastically accept an invitation or show willingness, use the adverb **volentieri** (gladly) directly after the verb to say you are happy to attend a gathering like a lunch (**il pranzo**) or a sports match (**la partita**).

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### Expressing direction

To describe movement in a specific direction rather than an exact destination, use the preposition **verso** (toward).

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The verb venire (vengo, vieni, viene)

adjective

adjective/adverb

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

Definite articles and gender (il, la, l')

Indefinite articles (un, una)

Singular demonstratives (questo, questa)

Basic verbal negation (non)

Yes/No questions

Coordinating conjunctions (e, ma, o)

Regular plurals and definite articles (-i, -e, i, le)

Plural verb to be (noi siamo, voi siete)

Plural demonstratives (questi, queste)

Nouns ending in -e

Special singular articles (lo, l')

The plural article (gli)

Special indefinite articles (uno, un')

Demonstrative adjectives (quello, quella)

Adjective endings (-o, -a, -i, -e)

Expressing quantity (molto, poco, tanto)

The verb to have (ho, hai, ha...)

There is / there are (c'è, ci sono)

The preposition of (di)

Singular possessives (il mio, la mia)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, due, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (undici, dodici...)

Numbers 21 to 100 (trenta, quaranta...)

Idiomatic avere (avere fame, avere anni)

Plural possessive adjectives (i miei, le mie)

Possessives with family members (mio padre)

Formal address (dare del Lei)

Present tense of -are verbs (-o, -i, -a)

Question words (chi, cosa, dove)

Present tense of -ere verbs (-o, -i, -e)

Question words (quando, come, perché)

Question word agreement (quanto, quanta, quanti, quante)

Regular -ire verbs

Verbs with -isc- (capisco, capisci, capisce)

Pronouns after prepositions (me, te, lui)

The verb fare (faccio, fai, fa)

The verb andare (vado, vai, va)

The verb stare (sto, stai, sta)

The verb uscire (esco, esci, esce)

Location and destination (a, in)

Origin and movement (da)

Articulated prepositions with a (al, alla)

Articulated prepositions with in (nel, nella)

Articulated prepositions with di and da (del, dal)

Simple prepositions (con, per, su, tra)

Articulated prepositions with su (sul, sulla)

Months of the year

Telling time (sono le...)

Dates (il + number)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primo, secondo, terzo...)

The verb to want (volere)

The verb can (potere)

The verb must (dovere)

The verb to know (sapere)

Reflexive verbs (mi lavo, ti lavi)

Indirect object pronouns (gli, le, ci...)

Expressing preferences (mi piace)

Plural preferences (mi piacciono)

Comparatives (più... di, meno... di)

The passato prossimo with avere (ho parlato)

Irregular past participles (fatto, letto, preso)

The passato prossimo with essere (sono andato)

Reflexive verbs in the past (mi sono svegliato)

Time adverbs with the past tense (già, mai, ancora)

Third-person direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le)

First and second-person direct object pronouns (mi, ti, ci, vi)

The four seasons

Prepositions of place (vicino a, davanti a)

Conversational words (beh, allora, davvero)

Indefinite adjectives for some (qualche, alcuni)

Indefinite adjectives for every and all (ogni, tutti)

Indefinite pronouns (qualcosa, qualcuno)

Noun suffixes (-ino, -one)

Adverbs of manner (-mente)

Comparisons of equality (così... come)

The relative superlative (il più)

The absolute superlative (-issimo)

Irregular comparatives (migliore, peggiore)

Present progressive (stare + -ando, -endo)

Imminent actions (stare per)

The locative pronoun (ci)

The partitive pronoun (ne)

Pronoun placement with modal verbs

Impersonal subjects (si)

Prepositions of time (da, per, tra, fra)

Past participle agreement with pronouns

Past tense of modal verbs

Question	Answer
to come	venire
the party	la festa
I am coming to the party tonight.	Vengo alla festa stasera.
Do you come here often?	Vieni spesso qui?
the concert	il concerto
We are coming to the concert together.	Veniamo al concerto insieme.
the meeting	la riunione
The teacher is coming to the meeting.	L'insegnante viene alla riunione.
the theater	il teatro
When are you coming to the theater?	Quando venite a teatro?
to invite	invitare
I am inviting Marco to the party.	Invito Marco alla festa.
gladly	volentieri
the lunch	il pranzo
I am gladly coming to Marco's lunch.	Vengo volentieri al pranzo di Marco.
We are inviting the family to lunch.	Invitiamo la famiglia a pranzo.
the match	la partita
Why isn't he coming to the match?	Perché non viene alla partita?
We are watching the match on television.	Guardiamo la partita in televisione.
toward	verso
Are you coming toward the center?	Vieni verso il centro?
They are coming toward the theater.	Vengono verso il teatro.
Anna's meeting is very boring.	La riunione di Anna è molto noiosa.
The concert is very expensive.	Il concerto è molto caro.
I gladly come to the concert with you.	Vengo volentieri al concerto con te.

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