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lezen to read |
- | las read |
- | gelezen read |
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lezen | to read | |
ik lees | I read | |
wij lezen | we read | |
ik las | I read | |
wij lazen | we read | |
ik heb gelezen | I have read | |
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simple past tense | ||
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(lezen) | to read | |
ik las | I read, I was reading | |
jij las | you read | |
hij las | he read | |
wij lazen | we read | |
jullie lazen | y'all read | |
zij lazen | they read | |
U las | you read | |
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present perfect tense | |
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ik heb gelezen
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I have read |
![]() ik las ![]() |
![]() ik lees ![]() |
![]() ik lees ![]() |
![]() ik heb gelezen ![]() |
![]() lezen in bed ![]() ik lig te lezen ![]() |
lekker lezen
2
enjoying a good read
lekker lui liggen lezen
enjoying a lazy read
meer boeken lezen
read more books
- Resolutions
Heb je de laatste tijd nog een goed boek gelezen?
Have you read any good books lately?
Ik heb laatst 'Startide Rising' nog eens gelezen
Recently I've read [Brin's first Masterpiece]
again
Ik heb 't met veel plezier gelezen
2
[I read it with great pleasure]
I really enjoyed reading it
Ik heb 't boek uit
I finished (reading) the book
- more book lines
Ik heb 't uitgelezen
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3
I finished reading it, I read it to the end
Ik heb ergens gelezen dat ...
2
I have read somewhere that ...
Ik heb wel eens gelezen dat ...
2
I have read sometime (somewhere) that ...
Ik heb moeten leren lezen
I had to learn to read
Kun je Russisch lezen?
2
3
Can you read Russian?
Tussen de regels door lezen
2
3
(saying)
'Reading between the lines' - to notice not just what's written
but also what's implied and/or left out
lezers
2
3
readers
oplettende lezertjes ...
2
3
attentive young readers ...
(Marten Toonder)
(de) nieuwslezer
news reader, 'anchor'
'Voorlezen'
2
is to read aloud from a text or a book, usually to an audience. The English
word is also 'to read.'
Voorlezen uit eigen werk
2
Writers reading (aloud) from their own work
Hij las voor uit eigen werk
2
He read (aloud) from his own work
See also: - vertellen
2 'to tell'
'Wat er staat'
2
3
['what stands there'] usually means 'What is written there,' - or in
common English: 'What it says.'
Begrijp je echt wat er staat?
2
Do you really understand what it says?
Wat op 't pak staat
2
What is says on the (package) box
't Staat in de Bijbel
2
It says so in the Bible
Zeggen to say |
- | Spreken to speak |
- | Praten to talk, chat |
Vertellen 'to tell' |
- | Schrijven to write |
- | Lezen to read |
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Gij zult niet stelen
'Thou shalt not steal'