Easy Phrasal Verbs: Learn English verbs through conversations

19. Come from (4)

To belong to a particular type of family or social group

Present

Continuous

Past

Present

perfect

come/comes

from

not

used

with

this

meaning

came

from

have/has

come from

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Nonseparable

Verbs of similar meaning:

belong to; be part of

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19.1 come from (present tense)

19.1.1 Habib and Ning are talking about marriage.

Habib: I don’t want to get married.

Ning:  Why  not?  I  think  marriage  is  great.  My  grandparents  have  been

married for 40 years!

Habib: Wow. I don’t know. I like my freedom.

Ning: Maybe you’ll feel differently when you’re older.

Habib: Maybe. Are you going to marry someone Chinese?

Ning:  Well,  I’m  Chinese  and  I  come  from  quite  a  traditional  family  so  I

think my parents would prefer it if I married someone Chinese.

Habib: I see.