Venir [b^ni]
• Meaning: to come.
• Origin: L. venio, vêni, ventum, venîre (4) to come.
• Cognate verbs: F. venir to come, It. venire to come, Occ. venir to come, Port. vir to
come, Sp. venir to come, Ven. vegner to come, to become.
Present
Indicative
Future
Indicative
Imperfect
Indicative
Past Simple
Indicative
vinc *
véns **
ve
venim
veniu
vénen **
vindré
vindràs
vindrà
vindrem
vindreu
vindran
venia
venies
venia
veníem
veníeu
venien
vinguí
vingueres
vingué
vinguérem
vinguéreu
vingueren
Present
Subjunctive
Imperfect
Subjunctive
Present
Imperative
Gerund
que vingui
que vinguis
que vingui
que vinguem
que vingueu
que vinguin
que vingués
que vinguessis
que vingués
que vinguéssim
que vinguéssiu
que vinguessin
--
vine!
vingui!
vinguem!
veniu!
vinguin!
venint
...
Past
Participle
vingut, -uda,
vinguts, -udes
*In certain areas, it is misused as jo vaig I go.
**These accents are so-called "diacrítics" (distinctive accents), because their function is to differ
between homonymous (in spelling) verbal forms of venir to come and vendre to sell.
Passive Voice
The Passive voice is constructed with the auxiliary ésser (ser) to be and the preposition per by,
cf.:
• El rei és estimat pel seu poble. The king is loved by his people.
• Fou condemnada pel jurat. She was found guilty by the jury.
The "reflexive" passive voice with se
The unstressed pronoun se (with its variant forms ’s, es, s’) can be used to express the passive
voice when the agent (subject) is unknown, indefinite or not mentioned, cf.:
• El català es parla al nord-est d’Espanya. = El català és parlat al nord-est d’Espanya
Catalan is spoken in North-Eastern Spain (litt. "Catalan speaks itself in NE Spain.")