venne

Venne is the third-person singular passato remoto form of venire, the Italian verb meaning to come. It is used in literary and historical narration to describe a completed past action and is characteristic of formal or traditional styles. In contemporary speech the passato remoto is uncommon outside of literature; speakers more often use the passato prossimo with essere, as in è venuto/a.

Conjugation in the passato remoto for venire is: io venni, tu venisti, lui/lei venne, noi venimmo, voi veniste, loro vennero. The form venne corresponds to "he/she/it came" and typically appears with a third-person subject in narrative sequences, such as chronicles or classic novels.

Etymology: venne derives from the Latin venīre (to come) through the evolution of the Romance verb venīre. The root ven- is shared among related verbs in the Romance family; cognates include French venir and Spanish venir, reflecting a common Indo-European origin.

Usage notes: Because it is a remote tense, venne situates events in a distant past and is less common in modern colloquial Italian. When used, it often conveys a formal, archaic, or historical tone and is frequently found in prose from earlier periods or in stylized narration.