Breakdown of Kommen Sie bitte heraus!
kommen
to come
Sie
you (formal)
bitte
please
heraus
out (towards speaker)
Questions & Answers about Kommen Sie bitte heraus!
Why does this sentence use heraus instead of hinaus?
The part her- shows movement towards the speaker. Since the speaker is outside and wants the person to come out towards them, they use heraus. If the speaker were inside telling the person to go out away from them, they would use hinaus.
Is heraus a separate word here or part of the verb?
It is the prefix of the separable verb herauskommen (to come out). In commands, the core verb (kommen) moves to the beginning, and the separable prefix (heraus) gets pushed to the very end of the sentence.
Why is it Kommen Sie and not just Komm?
This is a formal command. When telling someone you address with the formal Sie to do something, you use the full verb followed by Sie. If you were talking to a friend (informal du), you would drop the pronoun and just say Komm bitte heraus!
Can I put bitte at the very beginning of the sentence?
Yes, you can say Bitte kommen Sie heraus! However, placing bitte right after the verb and pronoun is very common and sounds perfectly natural in everyday spoken German.