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Brain Teaser: Do you know the third form of the verb ‘come’?
Brain Teaser: Come is a verb. Can you guess its third form? (Image: Instagram/@explore_chats)
A simple brain teaser about the third form of a verb left many scratching their heads, not just offline but online, too. A man posed a seemingly simple grammar question to two girls in Delhi’s Connaught Place: “What is the third form of come?” While one couldn’t answer, the other came up with a “superlative” degree of the verb.
Since the video was shared on Instagram, responses poured in online too. Many users shared their guesses. One Instagram user suggested the answer was “Come, comer, comest,” while others commented with the more common “Come, came, come”. But none of them were correct.
Before we reveal the answer, let’s walk you through the video. If you figure it out before we share the solution, you deserve a pat on the back.
The video opens to show the man asking the grammar question. As he finishes, one of the women hesitates, saying, “W**. I don’t remember.”
Another woman then comes up with a response. She says, “I think ‘comest’.”
Surprised, the man repeats, “Comest?”
The woman spells it out for him, and the man clarifies that he’s asking about the third form of “come”. She confidently responds with “comest” again and nods. The man, still stunned, delivers the viral “aaeyein”.
Watch the viral video here:
So, for those waiting for an answer, the third form of “come” is “come”. It is an irregular verb and its base form, past tense, and past participle all share the same form.
How do other social media users respond?
“The funniest thing is not her answer but her confidence,” said one user.
Someone else wrote, “She invented a superlative degree for come.” A third joined them, “She is trying to make a superlative degree of a verb, that happens with adjectives.”
“Aayein was personal,” commented a fourth.
