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GERMAN VERB

kommen

to come

  • #9 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: gekommen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I come
  2. du you come
  3. er, sie, es he/she comes
  4. wir we come
  5. ihr you all come
  6. sie, Sie they come

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I came
  2. du you came
  3. er, sie, es he/she came
  4. wir we came
  5. ihr you all came
  6. sie, Sie they came

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have come
  2. du you have come
  3. er, sie, es he/she has come
  4. wir we have come
  5. ihr you all have come
  6. sie, Sie they have come

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will come
  2. du you will come
  3. er, sie, es he/she will come
  4. wir we will come
  5. ihr you all will come
  6. sie, Sie they will come

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would come
  2. du you would come
  3. er, sie, es he/she would come
  4. wir we would come
  5. ihr you all would come
  6. sie, Sie they would come

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du come!
  2. ihr come! (all of you)
  3. Sie come! (formal)

How to use kommen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ich komme aus Kanada, und du?

    I'm from Canada, and you?

  2. Simple past

    Gestern kam er erst um elf nach Hause.

    Yesterday he only got home at eleven.

  3. Perfect

    Bist du mit dem Zug gekommen?

    Did you come by train?

  4. Future

    Meine Eltern werden am Samstag kommen.

    My parents will come on Saturday.

  5. Conditional

    Ich würde gern kommen, aber ich muss arbeiten.

    I'd like to come, but I have to work.

  6. Imperative

    Komm, wir sind schon spät dran.

    Come on, we're already late.

Good to know

  • Kommen takes sein in the Perfekt: ich bin gekommen.
  • Woher kommst du? asks where you are from.

Where you hear kommen

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

German · Beginner Level 1

  • Ich komme aus Milwaukee. I come from Milwaukee.
  • Ich bin heute nach Berlin gekommen. I came to Berlin today.
  • Ich komme gleich! I'll be right there!

German · Beginner Level 2

  • Ich komme aus Milwaukee. I come from Milwaukee.
  • Ich bin heute nach Berlin gekommen. I came to Berlin today.
  • Ich komme gleich! I'll be right there!

And 58 more lessons.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.