Breakdown of Hópurinn er stór en við komum oft hingað.
vera
to be
en
but
stór
big
við
we
oft
often
koma
to come
hingað
here (direction)
hópurinn
the group
Questions & Answers about Hópurinn er stór en við komum oft hingað.
Since koma is a strong verb, why isn't there a vowel change in við komum?
In the present tense of strong verbs, the vowel shift usually only happens in the singular forms. While "I come" is ég kem (the o changes to e), the plural forms go back to the original vowel of the infinitive koma. That is why "we come" is við komum, and not kemum.
Why use hingað instead of hér for "here"?
Hér means "here" when you are stationary in a location. Hingað implies movement, like "to here". Because the verb koma (to come) involves moving to a place, you must use the directional word hingað.
Why does the adjective take the form stór?
Adjectives must match the gender, number, and case of the noun they describe. Hópur (group) is a masculine, singular noun in the nominative case. The matching form for the adjective is simply stór. If the noun were neuter, like hús (house), it would be stórt.
Could I say við komum hingað oft instead of við komum oft hingað?
While people might understand you, oft (often) is an adverb of frequency. In Icelandic, these usually come right after the verb and before adverbs of place like hingað. So við komum oft hingað is the standard, natural word order.
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