Questions & Answers about Kom eraan als het meezit.
Why does this sentence start with the verb Kom instead of a subject?
In casual spoken Dutch and informal writing like text messages, speakers often drop the subject if it is at the very beginning of the sentence and easily understood from context. Here, the speaker dropped Ik (I). The full sentence would be Ik kom eraan als het meezit. This is known as conversational topic drop, and it creates a verb-first statement.
What does eraan mean in Kom eraan?
By itself, eraan means 'on it' or 'to it', but here it is part of the fixed expression eraan komen, which means 'to be on the way' or 'to arrive shortly'. When you want to say 'I am coming' in Dutch, you usually say Ik kom eraan rather than just Ik kom.
Why is the verb meezit pushed to the very end of the sentence?
The word als (if) introduces a subordinate clause. In Dutch subordinate clauses, the verb gets pushed to the end of the clause. The verb here is meezitten, which is a separable verb. Because it is at the end of a subordinate clause, the prefix mee and the verb zit are pushed back together and written as one word.
How exactly does het meezit translate to 'things go well'?