Questions & Answers about Мы придём примерно в семь часов.
What does the verb form придём tell me (tense, aspect, person)?
It is 1st person plural, future tense of the perfective verb прийти “to come/arrive.” Perfective future implies a single, completed arrival in the future: “we will arrive.”
Why not приходим or мы будем приходить?
- Мы приходим means a habitual or scheduled action in the present (or general truth): “we (generally) come/arrive (at) seven.”
- Мы будем приходить is future habitual/repeated: “we will be coming (around) seven (regularly).”
- Мы придём is one specific arrival in the future.
Where did the й from прийти go in придём?
It drops in the conjugation. The future forms are:
- я приду
- ты придёшь
- он/она придёт
- мы придём
- вы придёте
- они придут The й appears in the infinitive (прийти) but not in these personal forms.
How is ё pronounced, and why is it sometimes written as е?