Questions & Answers about Я хочу прийти пораньше на работу.
Why is прийти used here instead of идти or ехать?
Прийти means to come / to arrive on foot, focusing on the result of arriving. In this sentence, the important idea is that you will arrive at work early, not the process of going there.
- идти – to go (on foot), process, no arrival result: Я иду на работу – I am going to work.
- ехать – to go (by vehicle), process: Я еду на работу – I am going to work (by car/bus, etc.).
- прийти – to come/arrive (on foot), result: Я хочу прийти пораньше – I want to arrive early.
Because you are talking about the desired arrival time, прийти is the natural choice. If you usually use transport, you might also see приехать пораньше на работу (to arrive by vehicle).
What is the difference between прийти and приходить?
They are the perfective and imperfective forms of the same verb pair.
- приходить – imperfective, process, repeated/habitual actions:
Я обычно прихожу на работу в девять. – I usually come to work at nine. - прийти – perfective, single, completed result:
Я хочу прийти пораньше. – I want to (once) arrive early.
In Я хочу прийти пораньше на работу, you are talking about one specific future arrival, so the perfective прийти is correct.