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
(tu) vieni
(lei) venga
(noi) veniamo
(voi) venite
(loro) vengano
Salire
(tu) sali
(lei) salga
(noi) saliamo
(voi) salite
(loro) salgano
Tenere
(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).


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