Verbs
Verbs describe activities or events. They are essential components of sentences: every normal sentence contains at least one verb.This includes questions and imperatives.
Verbs can be divided in several ways. In this course we discuss them according to:
- function (main verbs, auxiliaries and so-called copular verbs)
- meaning (transitive and intransitive, reflexive, and modal verbs; position vebs)
- form (separable verbs and phrasal verbs)
- conjugation (regular and irregular; strong and weak)
There is also a section on tenses and more than 40 exercises.
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Course Features
- Lectures 30
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level Beginner
- Language English
- Students 0
- Certificate No
- Assessments Yes
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Verbs according to function
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Verbs according to meaning
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Verbs according to form
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Verbs according to conjugation
For purposes of conjugation Dutch verbs can be divided into regular and irregular verbs. Regular verbs follow a certain pattern in the way they are conjugated, whereas irregular verbs do not follow a pattern at all. The group of regular verbs is the largest, and this group can be divided further into weak verbs and strong verbs. The conjugation of a new verb (e.g. a verb borrowed from English) normally follows the rules of weak verbs.
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Tenses
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Revision exercises: verbs
