Venir means to come. Learn five tenses, then practise each person.
Present: vengo, vienes, viene, venimos, venís, vienen.
Venir in the present tense
Use the present for current states, habits and actions. The subject can be omitted when the verb makes it clear.
Vosotros is informal plural you in Spain. Ustedes uses the ellos/ellas form and is the usual plural you in Latin America.
Venir in the preterite tense
Use the preterite for a completed event in the past, viewed as a whole.
Venir in the imperfect tense
Use the imperfect for past habits, ongoing situations and background descriptions, without marking their endpoint.
Venir in the future tense
Use the simple future for what will happen. Spanish also uses this tense for a guess about the present.
Venir in the conditional tense
Use the conditional for what would happen, a polite request or a hypothetical situation.
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All six persons. Blue, bold forms differ from regular endings, including spelling changes that preserve pronunciation.
| Person | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future | Conditional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | vengo | vine | venía | vendré | vendría |
| tú | vienes | viniste | venías | vendrás | vendrías |
| él / ella / usted | viene | vino | venía | vendrá | vendría |
| nosotros / nosotras | venimos | vinimos | veníamos | vendremos | vendríamos |
| vosotros / vosotras | venís | vinisteis | veníais | vendréis | vendríais |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vienen | vinieron | venían | vendrán | vendrían |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | vengo | I come |
| tú | vienes | you come |
| él / ella / usted | viene | he/she comes |
| nosotros / nosotras | venimos | we come |
| vosotros / vosotras | venís | you all (vosotros) come |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vienen | they come |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | vine | I came |
| tú | viniste | you came |
| él / ella / usted | vino | he/she came |
| nosotros / nosotras | vinimos | we came |
| vosotros / vosotras | vinisteis | you all (vosotros) came |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vinieron | they came |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | venía | I used to come |
| tú | venías | you used to come |
| él / ella / usted | venía | he/she used to come |
| nosotros / nosotras | veníamos | we used to come |
| vosotros / vosotras | veníais | you all (vosotros) used to come |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | venían | they used to come |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | vendré | I will come |
| tú | vendrás | you will come |
| él / ella / usted | vendrá | he/she will come |
| nosotros / nosotras | vendremos | we will come |
| vosotros / vosotras | vendréis | you all (vosotros) will come |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vendrán | they will come |
| Person | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| yo | vendría | I would come |
| tú | vendrías | you would come |
| él / ella / usted | vendría | he/she would come |
| nosotros / nosotras | vendríamos | we would come |
| vosotros / vosotras | vendríais | you all (vosotros) would come |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vendrían | they would come |
Venir differs from the regular endings in the present, preterite, future, conditional. Changed forms include present: vengo, vienes, viene; preterite: vine, viniste, vino; future: vendré, vendrás, vendrá; conditional: vendría, vendrías, vendría. Highlighted forms include spelling changes that preserve pronunciation as well as irregular stems and endings.
The present forms are vengo, vienes, viene, venimos, venís, vienen, in the order yo, tú, él/ella/usted, nosotros, vosotros and ellos/ellas/ustedes.
vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron. For example, vine means “I came”.
Venir differs from the regular endings in the present, preterite, future, conditional. Changed forms include present: vengo, vienes, viene; preterite: vine, viniste, vino; future: vendré, vendrás, vendrá; conditional: vendría, vendrías, vendría. Highlighted forms include spelling changes that preserve pronunciation as well as irregular stems and endings.
The preterite (vine) presents a completed event; the imperfect (venía) gives a past habit or background situation. The English glosses are “I came” and “I used to come”, but context determines the best translation.
The yo forms are vendré (“I will come”) and vendría (“I would come”). The full charts above include every person.
Venir means to come.
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