mitkommen — German conjugation
to come along
Indicative
Present (Präsens) Irregular
Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.
Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | komme mit | I come along |
| du | kommst mit | you come along |
| er/sie/es | kommt mit | he/she/it comes along |
| wir | kommen mit | we come along |
| ihr | kommt mit | you (pl.) come along |
| sie/Sie | kommen mit | they come along |
Simple past (Präteritum) Irregular
Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.
Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | kam mit | I came along |
| du | kamst mit | you came along |
| er/sie/es | kam mit | he/she/it came along |
| wir | kamen mit | we came along |
| ihr | kamt mit | you (pl.) came along |
| sie/Sie | kamen mit | they came along |
Present perfect (Perfekt) Irregular
The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.
Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | bin mitgekommen | I have come along |
| du | bist mitgekommen | you have come along |
| er/sie/es | ist mitgekommen | he/she/it has come along |
| wir | sind mitgekommen | we have come along |
| ihr | seid mitgekommen | you (pl.) have come along |
| sie/Sie | sind mitgekommen | they have come along |
Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Irregular
The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.
Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | war mitgekommen | I had come along |
| du | warst mitgekommen | you had come along |
| er/sie/es | war mitgekommen | he/she/it had come along |
| wir | waren mitgekommen | we had come along |
| ihr | wart mitgekommen | you (pl.) had come along |
| sie/Sie | waren mitgekommen | they had come along |
Future I (Futur I) Irregular
Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.
Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde mitkommen | I will come along |
| du | wirst mitkommen | you will come along |
| er/sie/es | wird mitkommen | he/she/it will come along |
| wir | werden mitkommen | we will come along |
| ihr | werdet mitkommen | you (pl.) will come along |
| sie/Sie | werden mitkommen | they will come along |
Future II (Futur II) Irregular
Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.
Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.
| Pronoun | German | English |
|---|---|---|
| ich | werde mitgekommen sein | I will have come along |
| du | wirst mitgekommen sein | you will have come along |
| er/sie/es | wird mitgekommen sein | he/she/it will have come along |
| wir | werden mitgekommen sein | we will have come along |
| ihr | werdet mitgekommen sein | you (pl.) will have come along |
| sie/Sie | werden mitgekommen sein | they will have come along |
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Irregular
Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.
Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| ich | käme mit |
| du | kämest mit |
| er/sie/es | käme mit |
| wir | kämen mit |
| ihr | kämet mit |
| sie/Sie | kämen mit |
Other forms
Imperative (Imperativ) Irregular
The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.
Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.
| Pronoun | German |
|---|---|
| du | komme mit |
| ihr | kommt mit |