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Hej, jeg hedder [name]. Hi everybody! I’m [name].
Welcome to DanishClass101.com’s “Dansk på 3 minutter”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Danish.
In the last lesson, you learned how to use the verb at kunne lide.
In this lesson, you will learn how to use at komme, the fourth verb in our series dedicated to the most common Danish verbs.
at komme means "to come" in Danish, and we use it a lot! So let’s go! Lad os begynde!
Imagine a friend of yours is going to have lunch at a café and he asks you Har du lyst til at komme? That means "Would you like to come?"
So supposing you want to go, you will say, Ja, jeg kommer! That means "Yes I’m coming!”
[slowly] Ja, jeg kommer.
So let’s break down this answer.
First we had-
Ja which is simply "Yes."
Then Jeg, which is "I" in Danish
After that we have kommer, which is the present tense form of the verb at komme.
So, all together it is Ja, jeg kommer.
In Danish, at komme is exactly the same as "to come."
It is a very common verb that you should be careful not to mix up with at gå, which only means "to go", as we’ve seen before.
At komme is often used to suggest an invitation to someone. If you are organizing a party, for example, you can invite your guests by asking them kommer du til festen i aften? That is "are you coming to the party tonight?"
To answer this question, you can add something after this verb, as in Ja, jeg kommer med nogle venner. Here you said "Yes, I am coming with some friends." The common expression to say you are coming with your boyfriend or girlfriend is Ja, jeg kommer med kæresten which literally means "Yes I’m coming with my lover."
The verb at komme is also often used as an order or as motivational advice, as in kom igen! "Come on!" Or Kom her! That is, "Come here!"
You can add the word igen “again” or tilbage “back” after at komme to create sentences like "I'll come back tomorrow", which is just Jeg kommer tilbage i morgen!
Now it’s time for [name]’s Insights.
Just like in English you can also use the verb at komme to say "Come in!" if you’re inviting someone to enter a room, for example.
In this case it will be Kom ind! That means "Come in!"
In this lesson, you learned how to use the verb at komme to ask people to join in on something!
So now, our lesson series about common Danish verbs is over, and from the next lesson, we will jump into some very important interrogative Danish words!
Do you know how to ask questions starting with "What" in Danish? I’ll be waiting for you in the next Dansk på 3 minutter.
Vi ses!

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