Venire (to come), salire (to go up) and tenere (to keep, to hold) in the imperative in Italian

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Venire (to come), salire (to go up) and tenere (to keep, to hold) in the imperative

The verbs venire (to come), salire (to go up) and tenere (to keep, to hold)  are irregular and are conjugated as follows in the imperative:

Venire en
(tu) vieni
(lei) venga
(noi) veniamo
(voi) venite
(loro) vengano
Salire en
(tu) sali
(lei) salga
(noi) saliamo
(voi) salite
(loro) salgano
Tenere en
(tu) tieni
(lei) tenga
(noi) teniamo
(voi) tenete
(loro) tengano

Vieni a mangiare.

Come and eat.

Salite da noi.

Come up to our place.

Tenga il suo resto.

Keep the change.

Note: other verbs that follow the same pattern in the imperative as tenere (to hold, to keep) are esporre (to expose, to exhibit), disporre (to arrange, to have available), proporre (to propose), deporre (to set down) and comporre (to compose).


Exercise 1

Coniuga i verbi venire e tenere all'imperativo presente.

en
Venire en
(tu)
(lei) venga
(noi)
(voi)
(loro) vengano


Tenere en
(tu) tieni
(lei)
(noi) teniamo
(voi)
(loro)


Coniuga i verbi venire e tenere all'imperativo presente.

en
Venire en
(tu) vieni
(lei) venga
(noi) veniamo
(voi) venite
(loro) vengano
Tenere en
(tu) tieni
(lei) tenga
(noi) teniamo
(voi) tenete
(loro) tengano
Exercise 2

Coniuga i verbi venire, tenere e salire all'imperativo presente.

en
Venire en
(tu) vieni
(lei)
(noi)
(voi) venite
(loro) vengano


Tenere en
(tu)
(lei) tenga
(noi)
(voi) tenete
(loro) tengano


Salire en
(tu) sali
(lei)
(noi) saliamo
(voi)
(loro) salgano


Coniuga i verbi venire, tenere e salire all'imperativo presente.

en
Venire en
(tu) vieni
(lei) venga
(noi) veniamo
(voi) venite
(loro) vengano
Tenere en
(tu) tieni
(lei) tenga
(noi) teniamo
(voi) tenete
(loro) tengano
Salire en
(tu) sali
(lei) salga
(noi) saliamo
(voi) salite
(loro) salgano
Exercise 3

Coniuga i verbi esporre e proporre all'imperativo presente.

en
Esporre
(tu) esponi
(lei)
(noi) esponiamo
(voi)
(loro) espongano


Proporre
(tu)
(lei) proponga
(noi)
(voi)
(loro) propongano


Coniuga i verbi esporre e proporre all'imperativo presente.

en
Esporre
(tu) esponi
(lei) esponga
(noi) esponiamo
(voi) esponete
(loro) espongano
Proporre
(tu) proponi
(lei) proponga
(noi) proponiamo
(voi) proponete
(loro) propongano

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