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Verbs according to function 4
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Main verbs 10 minLecture1.1
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Auxiliary verbs 45 minLecture1.2
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Copular verbs 20 minLecture1.3
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Verb exercises: verbs according to function 10 minLecture1.4
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Verbs according to meaning 7
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Transitive and intransitive verbs 10 minLecture2.1
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Reflexive verbs 30 minLecture2.2
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Modal verbs 45 minLecture2.3
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Modal verbs: zou 30 minLecture2.4
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Modal verbs: hoeven te 30 minLecture2.5
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Position verbs 30 minLecture2.6
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Verb exercises: verbs according to meaning 45 minLecture2.7
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Verbs according to form 3
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Separable verbs 30 minLecture3.1
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Phrasal verbs 15 minLecture3.2
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Verb exercises: verbs according to form 30 minLecture3.3
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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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Weak verbs 30 minLecture4.1
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Strong verbs 20 minLecture4.2
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Irregular verbs 30 minLecture4.3
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Conjugation of new verbs 20 minLecture4.4
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List of strong and irregular verbs 40 minLecture4.5
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Verb exercises: verbs according to conjugation 30 minLecture4.6
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Tenses 9
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Infinitives and finite verbs 15 minLecture5.1
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Present tense 01 hourLecture5.2
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Past tense (imperfect) 30 minLecture5.3
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Perfect tense 01 hourLecture5.4
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Perfect or imperfect? 30 minLecture5.5
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Pluperfect 10 minLecture5.6
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Durative aspect 45 minLecture5.7
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Future aspect 50 minLecture5.8
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Verb exercises: tensesLecture5.9
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Revision exercises: verbs 1
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Revision exercisesLecture6.1
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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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