Come is an irregular verb about movement toward a person, a place, or a point in time you treat as the destination. You use it for physical travel, arrival, joining, and events that happen next. The key idea is direction toward the speaker, listener, or a referenced destination, not away from it.

Use come when the motion is toward where you are, where the listener is, or where the conversation places the focus. You can also use come for moving from a past point toward the present or toward an upcoming moment. If the motion is away from the focus, English usually prefers go instead.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 Rule	Example	🇨🇳 中文 Example
Use come for movement toward the speaker or the speaker location	📌 使用 come 表示朝向说话者或说话者位置的移动	Come here.	➡️ 到这里来。
Use come for movement toward the listener or listener location	📌 使用 come 表示朝向听者或听者位置的移动	I will come to your office.	➡️ 我会到你办公室来。
Use come for events that happen next in a sequence	📌 在序列中发生的下一个事件使用 come	Then came the hard part.	➡️ 随后，最难的部分来了。
Prefer go for movement away from the focus	📌 更倾向于用 go 表示远离焦点的移动	I will go to the store.	➡️ 我会去商店。

Come has three key forms: base come, past came, and past participle come. The past participle come is used with have and with passive or participle constructions. The form does not change for the past participle, even though the past form changes.

Subject	🇨🇳 中文 主语	Form	🇨🇳 中文 形式	Example	🇨🇳 中文 示例
I	👤 我	come	📝 来	I come early.	➡️ 我来早。
you	👤 你	come	📝 来	You come by bus.	➡️ 你乘公共汽车来。
he	👤 他	comes	📝 来	He comes every day.	➡️ 他每天来。
she	👤 她	comes	📝 来	She comes after work.	➡️ 她下班后来。
it	👤 它	comes	📝 来	It comes with a warranty.	➡️ 它带有保修。
we	👤 我们	come	📝 来	We come at noon.	➡️ 我们中午到来。
they	👤 他们	come	📝 来	They come together.	➡️ 他们一起到来。

Came is the simple past form and is used for completed actions in the past. Use it when the coming happened at a specific time or in a finished past situation. It is also used in narratives to move the story forward.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 规则	Example	🇨🇳 中文 示例
Use came for a finished past action	📌 使用 came 表示已完成的过去动作	She came yesterday.	➡️ 她昨天来了。
Use came with past time markers	📌 与过去时间标记一起使用 came	They came at 8 pm.	➡️ 他们在晚上8点来了。
Use came in storytelling for sequence	📌 在讲故事时按顺序使用 came	He opened the door, and she came in.	➡️ 他打开门，她进来了。

Come is the past participle and is used with have for perfect tenses and in participle phrases. Do not use came after have. In present perfect and past perfect, come emphasizes that the arrival has happened by a certain time.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 规则	Example	🇨🇳 中文 示例
Use have come for present perfect, not have came	📌 在现在完成时使用 come，而不是 have came	They have come already.	➡️ 他们已经来了。
Use had come for past perfect when a later past event is described	📌 在描述更晚的过去事件时使用 had come 构成过去完成时	She had come before I arrived.	➡️ 她在我到达之前已经来了。
Use come in participle phrases to describe a state or sequence	📌 在分词短语中使用 come 来描述状态或顺序	The guests, having come early, waited outside.	➡️ 客人们提前到了，在外面等着。

In the present simple, come can describe routines, repeated actions, and general truths. It also appears in set expressions that describe origin, source, or result. With time words, it can mean something is happening soon or is approaching.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 Rule	Example	🇨🇳 中文 示例
Use present simple for habits or schedules	📌 将一般现在时用于习惯或日程	I come here every Friday.	➡️ 我每周五都会来这里。
Use come to mean originate from	📌 表示起源于	This idea comes from her research.	➡️ 这个想法来自她的研究。
Use come to mean something is approaching in time	📌 表示某事在时间上接近	Summer comes quickly.	➡️ 夏天来得很快。

Come often combines with particles and prepositions to create specific meanings. The particle changes the direction, completion, or purpose of the motion. These combinations are common in everyday English and often act like fixed phrases.

Word/Phrase	🇨🇳 中文 短语/词组	Definition	🇨🇳 中文 定义	Example	🇨🇳 中文 示例
come in	🧩 进来	enter	📚 进入	Come in and sit down.	➡️ 进来并坐下。
come out	🧩 出来	exit or become visible	📚 退出或变得可见	The truth came out.	➡️ 真相露出。
come back	🧩 回来	return	📚 返回	She came back late.	➡️ 她晚回来了。
come over	🧩 过来	visit casually at someone location	📚 随意拜访某人地点	Come over this evening.	➡️ 今晚来我家吧。
come up	🧩 出现	approach or arise	📚 走近或出现	A problem came up.	➡️ 出现了一个问题。
come across	🧩 偶然遇到	find by chance	📚 偶然发现	I came across an old photo.	➡️ 我偶然发现了一张旧照片。

Come can describe reaching a new state, result, or position rather than physical movement. These uses often signal a change over time, development, or a new understanding. The destination is an outcome or stage, not a place.

Word/Phrase	🇨🇳 中文 短语/词组	Definition	🇨🇳 中文 定义	Example	🇨🇳 中文 示例
come to an agreement	🧩 达成一致	reach a shared decision	📚 达成共同决定	We came to an agreement.	➡️ 我们达成了一致意见。
come to realize	🧩 意识到	begin to understand	📚 开始理解	I came to realize I was wrong.	➡️ 我逐渐意识到我错了。
come to mind	🧩 浮现在脑海中	enter your thoughts	📚 问你脑海里涌现的想法	Nothing comes to mind.	➡️ 一时想不出任何想法。
come true	🧩 成真	happen as hoped	📚 如愿发生	Her dream came true.	➡️ 她的梦想成真。
come of age	🧩 成年	reach adulthood	📚 成为成年人	He came of age abroad.	➡️ 他在国外成年了。

Come is used in formal or narrative style to mark what happens next. You will see it with inversion or with fixed patterns that sound literary. This use focuses on sequence and emphasis, not literal travel.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 规则	Example	🇨🇳 中文 示例
Use then came to introduce the next event with emphasis	📌 使用 then came 以强调方式引出下一个事件	Then came the announcement.	➡️ 随后宣布了消息。
Use here comes to announce an arrival in the moment	📌 使用 here comes 来宣布瞬间到来	Here comes the bus.	➡️ 公交车来了。
Use there comes less often to point out a distant arrival	📌 使用 there comes 较少使用，用于指出远处到来	There comes the manager.	➡️ 经理来了。

Come and come keep the same pronunciation, while came changes the vowel sound. Come uses a short stressed vowel sound, and came uses a long vowel with a glide. In natural speech, come can reduce slightly in connected speech, but the stressed vowel stays clear.

Rule	🇨🇳 中文 规则	Description	🇨🇳 中文 描述	Notation	🇨🇳 中文 音标	Example	🇨🇳 中文 示例
Come has the vowel sound in strut	🔤 Come 的元音与 strut 中的元音相同	stressed vowel is mid and short	📚 重读元音为中音且短音	/kʌm/	🗣️ /kʌm/	Come here.	➡️ 到这里来。
Came has a long a sound	🔤 Came 的元音是长音 a	vowel is a diphthong	📚 元音是双元音	/keɪm/	🗣️ /keɪm/	She came late.	➡️ 她来晚了。
Past participle come sounds like base come	🔤 过去分词 come 听起来像基本形式 come	same pronunciation, different grammar role	📚 相同的发音，但语法作用不同	/kʌm/	🗣️ /kʌm/	They have come already.	➡️ 他们已经来了。
Final m is held before a pause	🔤 最后一个 m 在停顿前发音保持	lips close and sound stops cleanly	📚 双唇闭合，声音干净地停止	/m/ closure	🗣️ /m/ 闭合	Come.	➡️ 来。