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komma

come, arrive, come (from), will, be going to/²kɔma/

komma as a verb

Meaning

come; arrive; come (from); will, be going to; arouse; prompt

In Swedish: anlända, nå (fram), infinna sig

Conjugation

Conjugation of komma (come)
Infinitive	att komma	to come
Present	kommer	jag kommer
Past	kom	jag kom
Supine	kommit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kommit	jag har kommit
Past perfect	hade kommit	jag hade kommit
Future	ska komma	or: kommer att komma
Conditional	skulle komma	jag skulle komma
Imperative	kom!	a command
Present participle	kommande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	kommen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of komma
Infinitive	kommas
Present	komms
Past	koms
Supine	kommits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use kommer. See the four verb groups explained.

komma as a noun(ett komma)

Meaning

comma

In Swedish: ett skiljetecken (,)

Forms

Forms of komma
Singular, indefinite	ett komma
Singular, definite	kommat
Plural, indefinite	komman
Plural, definite	kommana

komma is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort komma, det stora kommat. Check another noun

Practise komma

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Yesterday I … (komma). Which is the past tense?

komma in a sentence

kommande år
coming years
komma i tid
come in time
jag kan inte komma in i huset
I cannot get into the house
jag kommer från Grekland
I come from Greece
vi kommer att vara i Göteborg på torsdag
we will be in Göteborg on Thursday
jag kommer att sakna dig
I am going to miss you
din berättelse kom mig att minnas min egen barndom
your story prompted me to recall my own childhood
Låt den rätte komma in
Let the right one come in
Oxford-komman används inte på svenska.
Oxford commas are not used in Swedish.
Priset har stigit med 6, 5% (sex komma fem procent).
The price has increased by 6.5% (six point five percent).

Expressions

hur kan det komma sig (att)
how did it happen (that)
när allt kommer omkring
when all is said and done
komma ihåg
remember
komma till tals med
have a word with

Questions

What does komma mean in English?

komma means “come, arrive”.

Is it en komma or ett komma?

It is ett komma, and “the comma” is kommat.

What is the plural of komma?

The plural of komma is komman, and the definite plural is kommana.

What is the past tense of komma?

The past tense of komma is kom (“jag kom”). The supine is kommit, used in “jag har kommit”.

What is the present tense of komma?

kommer, the same for every person: jag kommer, du kommer, vi kommer.

Similar words

dyka uppejakulera

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish koma, from Old Norse koma, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.

Nearby common words

komma is number 36 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

32ett a, an, one
33av of, by
34veta know
35hon she
37vill want
38ja yes, well; all right
39nu now
40nej no

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