Topic: Italian

"Vengono verso di lui."

Translation:They come toward him.

June 27, 2013

22 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/italikaren

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

    July 11, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Danmoller
    Mod

      Anyone?????

      February 4, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/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.

        November 7, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/digiremn

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

          April 3, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Angelapq
          • 351

          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

          December 1, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/abalexander

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

            August 2, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/cosmopolita61

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

              October 3, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/knitnw10

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

                July 30, 2014
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/James_1986
                • 201

                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.

                July 20, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Weylin366674
                • 339

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

                September 20, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/margaritamix

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

                  April 13, 2019
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JenniferAron

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

                    June 27, 2013
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ElRealElCid

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

                      May 9, 2014
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ivan.is.here
                      • 39

                      Most definitely.

                      June 27, 2013
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/natpapakos

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

                        April 27, 2017
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ajitirj

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

                          July 6, 2014
                          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Argimak
                          • 1420

                          What is the 'di' all about here?

                          March 21, 2014
                          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JennyHolland

                            Towards should be accepted

                            February 18, 2019
                            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Remy000

                              Is it always 'verso di'?

                              January 1, 2014
                              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/PayneEmma

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

                                March 15, 2014
                                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Wilma729

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

                                  January 21, 2016
                                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/gea123gea
                                  • 81

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

                                  March 17, 2019

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