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De onvoltooid verleden tijd - The Simple Past Tense
In the simple past tense, Dutch verbs have two forms: one for the singular, and one for the plural. The plural adds ‑N or ‑EN to the singular.

Two types of verbs for the simple past tense

  • 'Strong' verbs have a different vowel or diphthong in the simple past tense than in the simple present tense
  • 'Weak' verbs have certain endings after the verb stem, again divided in two groups:
    • Verb stems ending in T, K, F, S, CH and P ('t kofschip click to hear) have ‑TE endings in the singular and ‑TEN endings in the plural
    • Verb stems ending in other letters have ‑DE endings in the singular and ‑DEN endings in the plural of the simple past tense

hopen click to hear 2 'to hope'  [right arrow] hoopte click to hear 2
knippen click to hear 'to cut' w/ scissors  [right arrow] knipte click to hear 2 3
lachen click to hear 2 'to laugh'  [right arrow] lachte click to hear 2 3
wachten click to hear 'to wait'  [right arrow] wachtte click to hear 2
zetten click to hear 'to put'  [right arrow] zette click to hear 2
praten click to hear 'to talk'  [right arrow] praatte click to hear 2 3

willen click to hear 2 'to want, desire'  [right arrow] wilde click to hear 2 3
luisteren click to hear 'to listen'  [right arrow] luisterde click to hear 2 3
lenen click to hear 2 'to lend // to borrow'  [right arrow] leende click to hear
kennen click to hear '~to know'  [right arrow] kende click to hear 2
leiden click to hear 'to lead'  [right arrow] leidde click to hear 2
laden click to hear 'to load'  [right arrow] laadde click to hear 2

verb
infinitive		 — simple past
tense 		— past
participle
'to carry'   dragen — droeg — gedragen click to hear
'to ask'   vragen — vroeg — gevraagd click to hear ‑>>
'to go'   gaan — ging — gegaan click to hear 2 ‑>>
'to fall'   vallen — viel — gevallen click to hear ‑>>
'to speak'   spreken — sprak — gesproken click to hear ‑>>
'to eat'   eten — at — gegeten click to hear ‑>>
'to read'   lezen — las — gelezen click to hear ‑>>
'to come'   komen — kwam — gekomen click to hear ‑>>
'to look'   kijken — keek — gekeken click to hear ‑>>
'to get, receive'   krijgen — kreeg — gekregen click to hear ‑>>
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