# venir conjugation

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> *Venir* means "to come". It's irregular in the present (*vengo, vienes, viene, venimos, venís, vienen*), the preterite (*vine, viniste, vino*), the future and conditional (*vendré, vendría*) and the subjunctive (*venga*). In the present it works exactly like *tener*.

**Diagram.** venir is tener's twin in the present: vengo gets a g, and vienes, viene, vienen turn the e into ie. Venimos and venís sit outside the boot. The past swaps the e for an i: vine, viniste, vino.
> The conjugation of venir as two grids, singular on the left and plural on the right. Present: yo vengo, tú vienes, él viene, nosotros venimos, vosotros venís, ellos vienen; a boot is drawn round vengo, vienes, viene and vienen, the four forms that change. Preterite: vine, viniste, vino, vinimos, vinisteis, vinieron, with the i of the stem marked.
- venir, present: ven**g**o, v**ie**nes, v**ie**ne, venimos, venís, v**ie**nen.
- venir, preterite: v**i**ne, v**i**niste, v**i**no, v**i**nimos, v**i**nisteis, v**i**nieron.
- Bold marks the letters that break the pattern.
- **Red pencil** is what breaks the pattern. The outline is the boot. Textbooks call these *boot verbs* because the forms that change make that shape.
- Same boot as *tengo, tienes, tiene, tienen*. Learn the two together.

**venir** — to come. *Vengo*.

## Present indicative

*The everyday present: what you do, what's true, what's going on.*


| Pronoun | venir | Say |
| --- | --- | --- |
| yo | vengo | VEHN-goh |
| tú | vienes | VYEH-nehs |
| él / ella / usted | viene | VYEH-neh |
| nosotros | venimos | veh-NEE-mohs |
| vosotros | venís | veh-NEES |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vienen | VYEH-nehn |

Same two changes as [*tener*](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/conjugations/tener). *Yo* gets a *g*: *vengo*. And when the stress lands on the stem, the *e* turns into *ie*: *vienes, viene, vienen*. One difference: *venir* is an *-ir* verb, so it's *venís*, not *venéis*.

## Preterite

*The past for things that happened and finished: "I went", "she said".*


| Pronoun | venir | Say |
| --- | --- | --- |
| yo | vine | VEE-neh |
| tú | viniste | vee-NEES-teh |
| él / ella / usted | vino | VEE-noh |
| nosotros | vinimos | vee-NEE-mohs |
| vosotros | vinisteis | vee-nees-TAY-ees |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vinieron | vee-NYEH-rohn |

*Vine* and *vino* have no accent, unlike regular *-ir* verbs (*viví, vivió*). And yes, *vino* is also wine. *Vino con vino* is "he came with wine".

## Imperfect

*The past for how things were or used to be: "I was going", "we used to live".*


| Pronoun | venir | Say |
| --- | --- | --- |
| yo | venía | veh-NEE-ah |
| tú | venías | veh-NEE-ahs |
| él / ella / usted | venía | veh-NEE-ah |
| nosotros | veníamos | veh-NEE-ah-mohs |
| vosotros | veníais | veh-NEE-ah-ees |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | venían | veh-NEE-ahn |

## Future, conditional and subjunctive

*"Will" and "would", plus the subjunctive: the form Spanish uses after wishes, doubts and "if" (espero que…, si fuera…).*


| Pronoun | Future | Conditional | Pres. subj. | Imp. subj. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| yo | vendré | vendría | venga | viniera |
| tú | vendrás | vendrías | vengas | vinieras |
| él / ella / usted | vendrá | vendría | venga | viniera |
| nosotros | vendremos | vendríamos | vengamos | viniéramos |
| vosotros | vendréis | vendríais | vengáis | vinierais |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | vendrán | vendrían | vengan | vinieran |

## Gerund and past participle

*The "-ing" form (estoy hablando, I'm talking) and the one that goes with haber (he hablado, I've talked).*


| Form | venir | In a sentence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gerund (-ing) | viniendo | *Viniendo de ti, es un cumplido* (coming from you, that's a compliment) |
| past participle | venido | *¿Has venido sola?* (did you come alone?) |

## Imperative

*Commands: telling someone to do something, or not to.*


| Pronoun | Affirmative | Negative |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tú | ven | no vengas |
| usted | venga | no venga |
| nosotros | vengamos | no vengamos |
| vosotros | venid | no vengáis |
| ustedes | vengan | no vengan |

## Venir or ir?

Spanish uses *venir* only for coming to where the speaker is. Going anywhere else, including to the person you're talking to, is *ir*. So when someone calls you, you say *¡ya voy!* (I'm coming), not *ya vengo*. *Ya vengo* means "I'll be right back".

*Where venir shows up*

| Expression | Means |
| --- | --- |
| ¡ven aquí! | come here |
| vengo de Madrid | I'm coming from Madrid (where you're from is *soy de*) |
| la semana que viene | next week |
| ¿a qué viene eso? | what's that got to do with anything? |
| me viene bien | that works for me |

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## Questions

### Is it venimos or vinimos?

Both, in different tenses. *Venimos* is the present: "we come". *Vinimos* is the preterite: "we came". With regular *-ir* verbs the two are the same (*vivimos*), but *venir* changes its stem in the past.

### What is the tú command of venir?

*Ven*: *ven aquí* (come here), *ven conmigo* (come with me). Negative is *no vengas*: *no vengas tarde* (don't come late).

### Why do Spanish speakers say voy instead of vengo?

*Venir* only means moving toward where the speaker is. If someone calls you from the kitchen, you're going to them, so it's *¡ya voy!*. English says "I'm coming" either way.

### What is the subjunctive of venir?

Present: *venga, vengas, venga, vengamos, vengáis, vengan*, built off *vengo*. Imperfect: *viniera, vinieras, viniera, viniéramos, vinierais, vinieran*. *Quiero que vengas* (I want you to come), *si vinieras* (if you came).

### What is the future of venir?

*Vendré, vendrás, vendrá, vendremos, vendréis, vendrán*. The stem is *vendr-*, with a *d*, like *tendré* from *tener*.

### Is it venís or venéis?

*Venís*. *Venir* is an *-ir* verb, so *vosotros* ends in *-ís*, like *vivís*. *Tenéis* has *-éis* because *tener* is an *-er* verb.

## Related

- [tener conjugation](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/conjugations/tener.md)
- [ir conjugation](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/conjugations/ir.md)
- [Spanish verb conjugations](https://learnwithkin.com/spanish/conjugations.md)

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