"Vengono verso di lui."

Translation: They come toward him.

[italikaren]

is the preposition "di" necessary? could you say "vengono verso lui"??

[Danmoller]

Anyone?????

[Yulia_Shch]

Verso + di is used only with pronouns or personal names. If we want to say, for example, "towards the house" it will be "verso la casa", just verso + noun with corresponding article.

[digiremn]

Is 'they come towards him' proper english? they can come towards me but they go towards him

[Angelapq]

I think so too. But I'm guessing that "I" am next to "him", and I literally am saying this to someone else that's also next to me. I don't know

[Ollie-Benson]

Both "toward" and "towards" are correct:

• "We can use both forms, but towards is much more common than toward. Toward(s) most often means 'in the direction of something': The oil pollution is now moving towards the shore, and could threaten beaches and wild life. He stood up and moved toward the door."

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/towards-or-toward

[abalexander]

We also say: They go towards him....
sayin'...

[cosmopolita61]

Thank you. I wrote go and it was wrong :-( Will report

[knitnw10]

That because they didn't use 'andare= to go'

[James_1986]

Why is towards wrong instead of toward? seems strange. Soemtimes this app is too technical, toward and towards are effectively the same thing in everyday use.

[deactivated user]

Towards - British English
Toward - American English
They are both English though.

[margaritamix]

Is that the difference?! I've had spell checkers attacking my Ss for so long!

[verna120098]

I said towards in Jersey City; and it isn't in the Channel islands.

[JenniferAron]

Is it just me, or is there an extra "e" sound between "di" and "lui" in the slow audio?

[ElRealElCid]

Not just you, the speaker sounds like she is gasping for air.

[ivan.is.here]

Most definitely.

[natpapakos]

It says toward... Not towards as it should say. That confused me

[ajitirj]

What about "they come to him", rather than towards?

[deactivated user]

why not using andare? Vanno verso di lui?? Grazie mille per vostra risposta

[Remy000]

Is it always 'verso di'?

[Argimak]

What is the 'di' all about here?

[JennyHolland]

Towards should be accepted

[ajdstealth5]

So does Italian not have object pronouns or is it just that in this case "lui" is the object pronoun for "him"?

[Johanna681827]

I also think that towards is correct!

[PayneEmma]

Quite hard to hear, as some words are said slower than others.

[italylori]

Someone please explain usage of "di" in this sentence. Thanks in advance.

[LorenzoLM]

verso di lui because of the pronoun lui

verso without di for nouns verso la ragazza

[CapJackArrow]

Perhaps it is similar to some prepositions we use. They come up to him. They get through to him. It's just that maybe in Italian, it's proper to say they come towards to him.

[Wilma729]

Prepositions are so hard to learn. For every rule there is an exception.

[Sylvia754597]

Is it me or towards is meant to have an s in English?

[deactivated user]

"toward" and "towards" mean the same. British English uses "towards" more and American English uses "toward" more.

[gcwarren03]

First they're against him, now they're going after him

[NigelKJ]

Wouldn't the reason for di before lui be a little clearer if one thought of verso meaning literally 'in the direction (of)'? Obviously one would still need to remember to omit di before nouns.

[Leila183919]

Please note that an "s" is missing in the word towards. Thanks

[cWcZ6]

Why Vengono but not Vanno? They go towards him sounds much more logical than They come towards him

[MaggieSchm180455]

Why was 'the man goes to the bear 'lui va dall'orso'; and now it is 'verso di'? I'm confused...