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Icelandic frequency list

No. 31 in Icelandic

koma

"Come" or "arrival."

In a sentence

  • Ég kem á hverjum degi í vinnuna.

    I come to work every day.

    Here, 'koma' is used in the 1st person singular present tense 'kem' to mean 'to come' or 'to arrive'.

  • Þeir komu til Íslands í dag.

    They came to Iceland today.

    In this sentence, 'koma' is conjugated in the past tense 'komu', indicating an action of 'coming' that happened in the past.

  • Við höfum komið saman til að ræða verkefnið.

    We have come together to discuss the project.

    Here, 'koma' appears in its past participle form 'komið' as part of a compound verb, showing a completed action of 'coming together'.

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