No. 142 in Afrikaans
gekom
"Come" (past participle)
In a sentence
Hy het na die park gekom.
He came to the park.
In this sentence, 'gekom' is used as the past participle of the verb 'kom' (to come) combined with the auxiliary verb 'het' to form the past tense, indicating an action that has been completed.
Waarom het sy so laat na die vergadering gekom?
Why did she come so late to the meeting?
Here, 'gekom' is again part of a past tense construct with 'het'. It makes up the completed action of someone arriving late.
Ons het gekom om die waarheid te ontdek.
We have come to discover the truth.
In this context, 'gekom' is used to indicate a motivational action carried out by the subject, implying intention or purpose.
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