Before you start
Meet kommen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Verb family
Separable verbs built on kommen
Add a prefix to kommen and the meaning changes.
- ankommento arrive
- vorkommento happen, occur, seem
- zurückkommento return
- hereinkommento come in
- herauskommento come out
- zukommento come towards, be in store
- herkommento come here
- aufkommento come up, arise, pay for
- entgegenkommento come to meet, accommodate
- auskommento get by, get on, manage
- zusammenkommento meet, come together
Forms
How kommen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | komme | kam |
| du | kommst | kamst |
| er/sie/es | kommt | kam |
| wir | kommen | kamen |
| ihr | kommt | kamt |
| Sie | kommen | kamen |
Partizip II gekommen · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Ich komme um acht nach Hause.I come home at eight.present, coming home
- 2Wir sind gestern spät gekommen.We came late yesterday.Perfekt with sein
- 3Wenn du Zeit hast, komm bitte zu mir.If you have time, please come to my place.verb at the end after wenn
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
kommen + der Bus
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Make der Bus the subject.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He came yesterdaygestern, and I saw him at the stationder Bahnhof.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When I came homezu Hause, my brotherder Bruder was already sleepingschlafen.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She comes latespät because the trainder Zug is often delayed.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The womandie Frau who comes from AustriaÖsterreich speaks three languagesdie Sprache, die Sprachen.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Can you come to the meetingdas Treffen · die Besprechung (work) tomorrowmorgen?
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I came earlyfrüh to helphelfen my friendder Freund with dinnerdas Abendessen.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Where does this busder Bus come from?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
kommen + der Zug + dass
Your challenge
- 1Start with a main clause and add a dass-clause.
- 2Use the present tense.
- 3Put the verb at the end of the dass-clause.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
Where would you like to come from on your next trip? Answer in one German sentence using *kommen*.
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one German sentence using kommen.
- 2Use würde to say where you would like to come from.