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my friend has come vs My friend is come

The correct phrase is 'my friend has come.' This is the correct way to express that someone has arrived. 'Is come' is an archaic form that is not commonly used in modern English.
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my friend has come

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that your friend has arrived at a place.

Examples:

  • My friend has come to visit me.
  • I'm glad my friend has come to the party.
  • Have you heard that my friend has come back from vacation?
  • By the time my friend has come, the movie will have started.
  • It's great that my friend has come to support me.
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  • “For my friend has come to me from the road and I have nothing that I can set before him,” GOD'S WORD® Translation A friend of mine on a trip has dropped in  ...
  • My friend has come to Australia from overseas. Can they join Ambulance Victoria membership? To become an AV member you must be an Australian citizen or ...
  • His major work is Tomodachi ga kita (My Friend Has Come), in which a university student is visited one summer's day by a former high school classmate who is ...

Alternatives:

  • My friend arrived.
  • My friend is here.
  • My friend came over.
  • My friend showed up.
  • My friend made it.

My friend is come

This phrase is not correct in modern English usage.

  • There is, first, the love which seeks to help the needy around us: `my friend is come to me.' Then the need which urges to the cry: I have nothing to set before him ...
  • It was this sense of impotence, of his inability to help, that sent him abegging: "My friend is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him." It is this sense of ...
  • The king said, "So my friend is come, I shall see him ": so he mounted his car and with a great retinue went to the garden and saluting the paccekabuddha with ...
  • It was this sense of impotence, or his inability to help, that sent him begging: “My friend is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.” It is this sense of our ...

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