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De onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd - the Simple Present Tense
Simple Present Tense Model drinken to drink (I) ik verb stem ik drink (you - singular) jij verb stem +T jij drinkt (he / she / it) hij verb stem + T hij drinkt (we) wij verb stem + EN (= INFINITIVE) wij drinken (you - plural) jullie verb stem + EN (= INFINITIVE) jullie drinken (they) zij verb stem + EN (= INFINITIVE) zij drinken (you - polite) U verb stem + T U drinkt denken 'to think'     verb stem: denk denken to think ik denk I'm thinking ik denk I am thinking jij denkt you are thinking hij denkt he is thinking wij denken we are thinking jullie denken you are thinking zij denken they are thinking U denkt you are thinking Removing the ‑EN ending doesn't further change the spelling of the verb stem because it ends in two different consonants rijden 'to drive // to ride'     verb stem:   rijd rijden to ride // to drive ik rijd I'm riding/driving jij rijdt you're riding/driving hij rijdt he's riding/driving wij rijden we're riding/driving jullie rijden y'all are riding/driving zij rijden they are riding/driving U rijdt you are riding/driving) There are no 'long' or 'short' diphthongs, no further spelling changes between infinitives and verb stems. liggen 'to lie down'     verb stem:   lig liggen to lie (down) ik lig I'm lying down jij ligt you are lying down (singular, informal) hij ligt he is lying down wij liggen we are lying down jullie liggen you are lying down (plural, informal) zij liggen they are lying down U ligt you are lying down (polite you) 2 A double consonant before the ‑EN ending will become a single consonant when the ‑EN ending is removed because Dutch words don't end in double consonants. A single vowel before single consonant at the end of a word  is short; a double consonant in the middle of a word indicates that a horen 'to hear'     verb stem:   hoor horen to hear ik hoor I hear jij hoort you hear (singular, informal you) hij hoort he hears wij horen we hear jullie horen you hear (plural, informal you) zij horen they hear U hoort you hear (polite you) A single vowel followed by a single consonant before the ‑EN ending will become a double vowel when the ‑EN ending is removed, because a single vowel before a single consonant that is the end of the word is 'short.' The vowel is doubled to indicate that it's 'long'
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