Verbs: Present is the eleventh (assuming left to right) skill in the Dutch language tree. In these six lessons, a significantly long list of verbs is introduced to the student of Dutch. It also provides good practice with verb conjugation.
Grammar Notes[]
As a refresher, here's the verb conjugation for regular verbs in Dutch:
| Pronoun | Ending | Example: houden (stem: houd-) |
|---|---|---|
| ik | (stem) | ik houd |
| jij, u | (stem)+t | jij houdt |
| hij, zij, het | (stem)+t | zij houdt |
| wij | (stem)+en | wij houden |
| jullie | (stem)+en | jullie houden |
| zij | (stem)+en | zij houden |
Regular verbs also have to keep the longness of their vowels and may have to change the hardness of their final consonants. As an example, the conjugation for spelen uses speel- as a stem for the first three forms and spel- for the other three as an example. In the case of verbs ending in -ven, they will have stems that end in -f for the first three and -v for the other three (an example is geven).
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- loop = walk (1st person singular)
- loopt = walk (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- lopen = walk (plural), to walk
- schrijf = write (1st person singular)
- schrijft = write (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- schrijven = write (plural), to write
Lesson 2[]
- zwem = swim (1st person singular)
- zwemt = swim (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- zwemmen = swim (plural), to swim
- kook = cook / boil (1st person singular)
- kookt = cook / boil (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- koken = cook / boil (plural), to cook / boil
Lesson 3[]
- kom = come (1st person singular)
- komt = come (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- komen = come (plural), to come
- slaap = sleep (1st person singular)
- slaapt = sleep (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- slapen = sleep (plural), to sleep
Lesson 4[]
- speel = play (1st person singular)
- speelt = play (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- spelen = play (plural), to play
- wil = want (1st, 3rd person singular)
- wilt = want (2nd person singular)
- willen = want (plural), to want
Lesson 5[]
- hoor = hear (1st person singular)
- hoort = hear (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- horen = hear (plural), to hear
- zie = see (1st person singular)
- ziet = see (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- zien = see (plural), to see
Lesson 6[]
- ga = to go (1st person singular)
- gaat = to go (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- gaan = go (plural), to go
- maak = make (1st person singular)
- maakt = makes (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- maken = make (plural), to make
- ken = know (1st person singular)
- kent = know (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- kennen = know (plural), to know (someone/something)
- geef = give (1st person singular)
- geeft = gives (2nd, 3rd person singular)
- geven = give (plural), to give
References[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/dn/Verbs:-Present