to come / to arrive
Movement towards the speaker or the agreed place. Romanian uses vin where English sometimes says "I'm on my way".
Vin acum.
I'm coming now.
A venit trenul.
The train has arrived.
#56 · Verb
veni
In Romanian, veni means “to come / to arrive”. It’s the #56 most frequently used Romanian word. Below you’ll find how to use it, its forms, real example sentences, and common word pairings.
Meaning & Use
A veni is "to come", rank 56, and the verb behind half of everyday arranging: Vin acum, Când vii?, Vino aici. Two things make it worth learning carefully — the imperative is the irregular vino (not "vină"), and the 1st-person vin is spelled exactly like vin "wine" and like the 3rd-plural vin. It also carries the very common idiom îmi vine să…, "I feel like…".
neutralto come from / to originate
With de la / din — origin of a person, a word, or a thing.
Vin din România.
I come from Romania.
De unde vii?
Where are you coming from?
to fit / to suit (clothes)
Îți vine bine is the standard way to say a garment suits you — no separate verb needed.
Îți vine bine.
It suits you.
Nu-mi vine.
It doesn't fit me.
to feel like / to have the urge (îmi vine să…)
An impersonal frame: the verb stays 3rd singular and the person is a dative clitic.
Îmi vine să râd.
I feel like laughing.
Nu-mi vine să cred.
I can't believe it.
to come to / to amount to
Of totals and prices — "it comes to".
Cât vine în total?
How much does it come to?
Forms you’ll actually hear
Ranked by how often each form shows up in spoken Romanian. The top 4 forms cover about 86% of everyday use — learn these first.
venit48%
vine16%
vin11%
veni11%
Show 12 more forms
vină6%
veniți3%
venim2%
venea1%
venind<1%
veneau<1%
venise<1%
veneam<1%
venită<1%
veniseră<1%
venite<1%
venisem<1%
Conjugation
- Infinitive
- a veni
- Past Participle
- venit
- Gerund
- venind
- Imperative Singular
- vino
- Imperative Plural
- veniți
- Auxiliary
- a avea
- Reflexive
- No
- Transitivity
- intransitive
| Tense | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | vin | vii | vine | venim | veniți | vin |
| Imperfect | veneam | veneai | venea | veneam | veneați | veneau |
| Perfect compus | am venit | ai venit | a venit | am venit | ați venit | au venit |
| Future | voi veni | vei veni | va veni | vom veni | veți veni | vor veni |
| Conditional | aș veni | ai veni | ar veni | am veni | ați veni | ar veni |
| Subjunctive | să vin | să vii | să vină | să venim | să veniți | să vină |
- eu and ei/ele share the present form vin, which is also the noun vin ("wine") — only context separates them.
- Unlike French or Italian, the compound past of a veni takes a avea: am venit, never "sunt venit".
- The idiom îmi vine să + subjunctive ("I feel like…") keeps the verb in the 3rd singular and marks the person with a dative clitic.
Examples
Vino aici!
Come here!
vino - The irregular singular imperative vino — one of only a handful of verbs with a special imperative shape.
Când vii la mine?
When are you coming to my place?
vii - 2nd singular vii with a double i; after când the present carries the future meaning.
A venit acasă târziu.
He came home late.
venit - Compound past with a avea — note that Romanian uses "have", not "be", even for verbs of motion.
Vreau să vină și el.
I want him to come too.
să vină - The 3rd-person subjunctive vină is irregular and does not look like vine — a very frequent form after vreau să / trebuie să.
Veniți cu noi?
Are you coming with us?
veniți - 2nd plural, also the polite form for one person and the plural imperative.
Nu-mi vine să cred.
I can't believe it.
vine - Impersonal îmi vine să + subjunctive; the verb never changes person, the clitic does.
The imperative is vino, not "vină" — vină is the subjunctive form (să vină). Getting these two mixed up turns a friendly "come here" into half a sentence.
Corpus examples
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I can't believe it.