Dutch Verb Vertellen ('to tell') and Related Words- Smartphones Page

vertellen 2 'to tell'

vertellen		to tell
ik vertel		I am telling
ik vertelde		I told
ik heb verteld		I have told
2 3 4

vertellen		to tell
ik vertel		I tell
wij vertellen		we tell
ik vertelde		I told
wij vertelden		we told
ik heb verteld		I have told
2

auxiliary verb for the perfect tenses hebben

'Vertellen' is a weak verb of the non-'kofschip' type, meaning it has endings with D in the past tense and past participle - See Weak Verbs
Also note that 'vertellen' only has double L in the infinitive and the plural of the simple present tense - See The Verb Stem

Vertel!
Tell us! - or: Tell me!
Vertel de waarheid! 2
[Tell the truth!] Say what really happened!
Vertel me de waarheid! 2
Tell me the truth, Tell me what really happened!

Vertel eens wat leuks 2
Now tell us something nice, entertaining

Hij vertelde mij de waarheid
He told me [the truth] what had really happened
Hij vertelde mij wat er gebeurd was
He told me what had happened
Hij vertelde hun wat er gebeurd was 2
He told them what had happened

Ik vertel je de waarheid 2
I'm telling you the truth

Wie heeft je dat verteld? 2
Who told you (singular) that?
Wie heeft jullie dat verteld? 2
Who told you (plural) that?

Niemand heeft me iets verteld 2
Nobody told me anything

Ze hebben jullie onwaarheden verteld 2
They have told you guys [untruths] lies

Zoals ik je misschien wel eens verteld heb ... 2 3
As I may have told you [sometime] before ...

De agent vertelde de rechter wat hij gezien had
The policeman told the judge what he had seen

De verkenner vertelde de kolonel snel wat hij gezien had 2
The scout quickly told the colonel what he had seen

Ik vertelde de kinderen een verhaaltje 2
I told the children a story

Hij vertelde ons snel een paar mopjes 2
He quickly told us a few jokes

Vreemdeling, vertel de Spartanen ...
Stranger, tell the Spartans ... (Thermopylae monument inscription)

Wat Vertellen Ons De Wolken? 2 3
What Do The Clouds Tell Us? (title of a famous weather forecasting book)

Ik wil 't best wel vertellen hoor 2 3 4
I really don't mind telling [it to] you

Related Words

(de) preek 2 sermon ->>
(de) donderpreek fiery, rousing sermon
preken to preach, give a sermon
Prediker 2 the Bible book of Ecclesiastes
(prediken is an old-fashioned word for 'to preach, hold a sermon')
(de) preekstoel pulpit
Als de vos de passie preekt 2
When the fox preaches about Christ's suffering

(het) verhaal 2 story
(een) sterk verhaal 2 tall story
Dit is het verhaal van mijn familie
This is my family's story
Dat is een ander verhaal 2
That's another story
't Is maar een verhaaltje
It's only a story, fiction
(het) sprookje fairy tale ->>
aflopen stories or reports coming to an end ->>

kletsen 2 to talk, to chat
(de) kletskous 2 chatterbox, a person who likes small talk
(de) kletskoek 2 3 nonsense
zwammen to talk nonsense
zwetsen to talk nonsense
Hij zit te zwammen
He's talking nonsense ->>
Hij weet waar-(d)ie 't over heeft 2
He knows what he's talking about

roddelen 2 to gossip
Ik heb een hekel aan roddelen 2
I really dislike gossip(ing)

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