Word
De kom hjem i går.
Meaning
They came home yesterday.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about De kom hjem i går.
Why does this sentence use hjem instead of hjemme?
In Danish, there are two words for 'home'. You use hjem when there is movement towards the house, like in this sentence where they are arriving. You use hjemme when there is no movement and someone is already at their location (like saying 'they are at home').
Is kom a regular or irregular past tense verb?
Kom (came) is the past tense of at komme (to come). It is an irregular verb, which means it does not follow the normal Danish pattern of adding -ede or -te to the end of the word to talk about the past.
Why is 'yesterday' written as two words (i går)?
Many common time expressions in Danish are built using the word i (in) plus another word. I går is just how Danish says 'yesterday'. You will also see this same pattern in words like i dag (today) and i morgen (tomorrow).