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Tips to remember the German word “kommen”:
– Associate “kommen” with its English counterpart “come,” as they share a similar pronunciation and meaning.
– Imagine a person “coming” to a “komedy” (comedy) show where “kom-” is emphasized.

Explanations:
– “Kommen” is an infinitive verb in German, which means “to come” or “to arrive.”
– It is a regular verb, so it follows the standard German conjugation patterns.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Ankommen” (to arrive), although this focuses more on the act of arriving at a destination.
– “Eintreffen” (to arrive, often implying the completion of a journey).
– “Erreichen” (to reach, arrive at).

Infinitive conjugations:
(Present) kommen – to come
(Past) kam – came
(Past participle) gekommen – come
(Future) werden kommen – will come

Konjunktiv II (for hypotheticals):
käme – would come

Conjugations in present tense:
– ich komme – I come
– du kommst – you (singular, informal) come
– er/sie/es kommt – he/she/it comes
– wir kommen – we come
– ihr kommt – you (plural, informal) come
– Sie kommen – you (formal) come
– sie kommen – they come

Conjugations in simple past tense (Imperfekt):
– ich kam – I came
– du kamst – you came
– er/sie/es kam – he/she/it came
– wir kamen – we came
– ihr kamt – you came
– Sie kamen – you came
– sie kamen – they came

Conjugations in present perfect tense (Perfekt):
– ich bin gekommen – I have come
– du bist gekommen – you have come
– er/sie/es ist gekommen – he/she/it has come
– wir sind gekommen – we have come
– ihr seid gekommen – you have come
– Sie sind gekommen – you have come
– sie sind gekommen – they have come

Conjugations in future tense (Futur I):
– ich werde kommen – I will come
– du wirst kommen – you will come
– er/sie/es wird kommen – he/she/it will come
– wir werden kommen – we will come
– ihr werdet kommen – you will come
– Sie werden kommen – you will come
– sie werden kommen – they will come

Examples of sentences using “kommen”:
– Ich komme um drei Uhr nach Hause. (I come home at three o’clock.)
– Kommst du heute Abend zu mir? (Are you coming to my place tonight?)
– Er kommt immer zu spät. (He always comes late.)
– Wir sind gestern aus dem Urlaub gekommen. (We came back from vacation yesterday.)
– Wirst du zur Party kommen? (Will you come to the party?)

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