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Verbs according to function 4
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Lecture1.1
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Verbs according to meaning 7
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Lecture2.1
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Verbs according to form 3
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Lecture3.1
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Lecture3.3
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Verbs according to conjugation 6
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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Lecture4.3
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Tenses 9
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Lecture5.1
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Revision exercises: verbs 1
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Lecture6.1
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Conjugation of new verbs
Verbs are regulary borrowed from other languages when the Dutch equivalent may not (be considered to) be adequate, or when there is no Dutch equivalent. Examples are checken (‘to check’) and skaten (‘to roller blade’).
Occasionally, verbs are also ‘invented’ to fill a gap in the lexicon. An example of this is the late 1990s verb montignaccen: to follow a diet designed by a person called Montignac.
We do fitness like mad, eat less meat and more tofu, stop smoking (or make plans in that direction), follow a diet, and furnish our house according to the latest Feng Shui principles.
Whenever verbs have been successfully adopted by the Dutch language, they are also adapted: they follow the same rules for verb formation as ‘normal’ Dutch verbs. The past tense and past participles of these imported verbs are formed in the same way as weak verbs.
So, to give the conjugation of just two verbs:
emailen | skaten | |
ik | email – emailde – heb geëmaild | skate – skatete – heb geskatet |
jij | emailt – emailde – hebt geëmaild | skatet – skatete – hebt geskatet |
u | emailt – emailde – hebt geëmaild | skate – skatete – heeft geskatet |
hij/zij | emailt – emailde – hebt geëmaild | skate – skatete – hebt geskatet |
wij | emailen – emailden – hebben geëmaild | skaten – skateten – hebben geskatet |
jullie | emailen – emailden – hebben geëmaild | skaten – skateten – hebben geskatet |
u | emailt – emailde – hebt/heeft geëmaild | skate – skatete – hebt/heeft geskatet |
zij | emailen – emailden – hebben geëmaild | skaten – skateten – hebben geskatet |
The pronunciation of such verbs is adapted to the Dutch pronunciation: ik /ske:t/; ik /ske:tə/; ik heb /geske:t/.
The following example shows how some originally English verbs have been adapted by the Dutch system for verb formation:
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