Learn Icelandic: Hópurinn er stór en við komum oft hingað. - The group is big, but we come here often.

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?