Difference between revisions of "Come"
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Can precede a present participle (like <i>go</i>, but the point of reference is different) | Can precede a present participle (like <i>go</i>, but the point of reference is different) | ||
− | *I want to come bowling with you, but I can't, I have to feed my sick fish. | + | *I want to <u>come bowling</u> with you, but I can't, I have to feed my sick fish. |
− | *We came fishing with you last weekend, this weekend you should come running with us! | + | *We <u>came fishing</u> with you last weekend, this weekend you should <u>come running</u> with us! |
Revision as of 22:04, 15 January 2013
verb.
translations: venir, rentrer (come in), allez! (come on!), me rendre visite (come over), survenir, advenir (come up), sortir, fuiter (come out), hériter (come into), etc.
- present: come, comes kʌm(z)
- past: came keɪm
prefixes: become (devenir), overcome (surpasser)
syntax
Can precede a bare infinitive in imperatives and in predicates preceded by a modal:
- Come (look / listen / see) for yourself.
- She can come (look / listen / see) for herself.
Is frequently used with the coordinating conjunction: come and look, come and get it, come and pick it up etc.
Can precede a present participle (like go, but the point of reference is different)
- I want to come bowling with you, but I can't, I have to feed my sick fish.
- We came fishing with you last weekend, this weekend you should come running with us!