Venire Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Italian

venire — to come — is one of the verbs you will use every day in Italian. It is a non-reflexive, irregular -ire verb, and it comes up in conversation, at work and at home. It is the verb of coming and arriving from somewhere else, and it also appears in expressions for where someone comes from. It takes essere in the passato prossimo, and its present has a stem change in the singular and third-person plural. On this page you will find venire in real sentences, grouped by meaning and tense, two short texts that show it in context, the mistakes learners actually make with it, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Start with the examples, say them aloud, and then test yourself. The full conjugation tables are on the venire conjugation page, and the deep dive into its most practised tense is on the venire passato prossimo tense page.

Example sentences with venire

In the present tense

  • “Io vengo a casa ogni giorno.” — “I come home”
  • “Tu vieni a casa ogni giorno.” — “You come home”
  • “Lui viene a casa ogni giorno.” — “He comes home”
  • “Noi veniamo a casa ogni giorno.” — “We come home”
  • “Voi venite a casa ogni giorno.” — “You come home”
  • “Loro vengono a casa ogni giorno.” — “They come home”

In the passato prossimo

  • “Io sono venuto a casa questa settimana.” — “I have come home”
  • “Tu sei venuto a casa questa settimana.” — “You have come home”
  • “Lui è venuto a casa questa settimana.” — “He has come home”
  • “Noi siamo venuto a casa questa settimana.” — “We have come home”
  • “Voi siete venuto a casa questa settimana.” — “You have come home”
  • “Loro sono venuto a casa questa settimana.” — “They have come home”

In other tenses

The same verb in the imperfect, the future, the conditional, the present subjunctive and the imperative — the tenses that complete the picture. All forms come from the verified tables.

  • “Io venivo a casa una volta.” — “I used to come home”
  • “Tu verrai a casa domani.” — “You will come home”
  • “Lui verrebbe a casa un giorno.” — “He would come home”
  • “È importante che noi veniamo a casa.” — “It is important that we come home”
  • “Vieni a casa!” — “Come home!”

How venire is used

The first thing to know about venire is its core meaning: to come. It is the verb of coming and arriving from somewhere else, and it also appears in expressions for where someone comes from. It takes essere in the passato prossimo, and its present has a stem change in the singular and third-person plural. In everyday speech it appears most often in the present and the passato prossimo, the two tenses on this page, because most of what we say is either what we do every day or what we have just done. Learn those two tenses first and the rest of the conjugation becomes a matter of adding forms one at a time. The second thing to know is the company venire keeps. The present io form is vengo, and it pairs naturally with the time words ogni giorno and sempre for habits, and with adesso for what is happening right now. The passato prossimo io form is sono venuto, and it pairs with ieri and questa settimana for finished actions. When you learn a verb form, learn its time words with it, and choosing the tense becomes automatic. The third thing to know is what venire does not do. It never appears as a bare infinitive after a subject pronoun — after io you need vengo, never venire. It never takes the wrong auxiliary in the perfect tenses: the passato prossimo is sono venuto, built with essere, and the other auxiliary does not belong here. And its participle venuto is given in the masculine singular form in the tables, with agreement depending on the sentence, not on the verb table.

Venire in context

Io vengo a casa ogni giorno. Tu vieni a casa ogni giorno. Lui viene a casa ogni giorno. Noi veniamo a casa ogni giorno. That is a normal part of the routine, and that is why the present of venire is the first form worth learning. Each sentence uses a different person, so read them aloud and notice how the form changes — vengo, vieni, viene, veniamo — while the meaning stays the same: to come. Io sono venuto a casa questa settimana. Tu sei venuto a casa questa settimana. Lui è venuto a casa questa settimana. Noi siamo venuto a casa questa settimana. That was a normal day, but it is exactly on days like this that the passato prossimo of venire appears constantly: a finished action, a precise moment, and the story goes on. Compare these sentences with the present ones above: the verb changes tense, but the basic meaning — to come — does not change. That is the difference between a habit and a finished event.

Common mistakes

1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form

✗ Wrong: “Io venire a casa.”

✓ Right: “Io vengo a casa ogni giorno.”

The infinitive venire never takes a subject. After io you need the conjugated present form vengo.

2. Using the wrong person

✗ Wrong: “Io vieni a casa.”

✓ Right: “Io vengo a casa ogni giorno.”

vieni is the tu form, not the io form. The io form is vengo — check the person before you write the form.

3. Using the present for a finished past action

✗ Wrong: “Io vengo a casa ieri.”

✓ Right: “Io sono venuto a casa questa settimana.”

Ieri points to the past, so use the passato prossimo sono venuto here, not the present vengo.

4. Mixing up the auxiliary

✗ Wrong: “Io ho venuto a casa.”

✓ Right: “Io sono venuto a casa questa settimana.”

venire takes essere in the passato prossimo. The io form is sono venuto — the other auxiliary never belongs with this verb.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on venire across the tenses. Answers with explanations follow each question.

  1. What is the tu form of venire in the Present indicative?

    • A) vengo
    • B) vieni
    • C) viene
    • D) veniamo

  2. What is the io form of venire in the Present perfect (passato prossimo)?

    • A) sei venuto
    • B) è venuto
    • C) sono venuto
    • D) siamo venuto

  3. What is the lui/lei form of venire in the Imperfect?

    • A) venivo
    • B) venivi
    • C) venivamo
    • D) veniva

  4. What is the noi form of venire in the Future?

    • A) verremo
    • B) verrò
    • C) verrai
    • D) verrà

  5. What is the tu form of venire in the Conditional?

    • A) verrei
    • B) verresti
    • C) verrebbe
    • D) verremmo

  6. What is the io form of venire in the Passato remoto?

    • A) venisti
    • B) venne
    • C) venni
    • D) venimmo

  7. What is the noi form of venire in the Present subjunctive?

    • A) venga
    • B) veniate
    • C) vengano
    • D) veniamo

  8. What is the gerund of venire?

    • A) venendo
    • B) venuto
    • C) venire
    • D) vengo

  9. What is the past participle of venire?

    • A) venendo
    • B) venuto
    • C) venire
    • D) vengo

  10. What does venire mean in English?

  • A) to be
  • B) to have
  • C) to come
  • D) to do, to make

Answer key

  1. B) vieni — the correct form is vieni. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  2. C) sono venuto — the correct form is sono venuto. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  3. D) veniva — the correct form is veniva. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  4. A) verremo — the correct form is verremo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  5. B) verresti — the correct form is verresti. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  6. C) venni — the correct form is venni. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  7. D) veniamo — the correct form is veniamo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  8. A) venendo — the correct form is venendo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  9. B) venuto — the correct form is venuto. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  10. C) to come — the correct form is to come. The other options are other forms of the same verb.

Frequently asked questions

What does venire mean in English?

venire means “to come”. You use it whenever you talk about to come in Italian, in the present, the past and the future.

Is venire regular or irregular?

venire is irregular. venire is irregular in present, passato-remoto, future, conditional, future-perfect, conditional-perfect, present-subjunctive, imperative-affirmative, imperative-negative, past-participle, present-perfect, pluperfect — learn those forms as a set.

What are the gerund and past participle of venire?

The gerund is venendo and the past participle is venuto. The perfect tenses use essere + venuto.

Where can I see the full conjugation of venire?

On the venire conjugation page — every tense, every person, with tables. The venire passato prossimo tense page goes deeper into its most practised tense.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for venire, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

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