diff --git a/snippets/go.snippets b/snippets/go.snippets
index 94610fc..7e2ad4c 100644
--- a/snippets/go.snippets
+++ b/snippets/go.snippets
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# variables
+snippet v
+	${1} := ${2}
+snippet vr
+	var ${1} ${2} = ${3}
 # append
 snippet ap
 	append(${1:slice}, ${2:value})