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A1#1Hear it
verb
- intransitiveto be, to exist
- transitive, copulativeUsed to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
- transitive, auxiliaryUsed to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.
- Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle. Note: The perfect tense of most other ve…
- transitive, auxiliaryUsed to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.
- Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle. Note: The imperfect tense passive is formed using wor…
determiner
- his; third-person singular masculine possessive determiner
- its; third-person singular neuter possessive determiner
Forms
Present
| I | ben |
|---|---|
| you | bent / ben |
| he, she, it | is |
Other forms
| infinitive | zijn |
|---|---|
| past participle | geweest |
| gerund | zijn |
| present participle | zijnd |
determiner
| first-person personal pronoun singular stressed subjective | ik |
|---|---|
| first-person personal pronoun singular subjective unstressed | 'k |
| first-person objective personal pronoun singular stressed | mij |
| first-person objective personal pronoun singular unstressed | me |
| first-person personal possessive pronoun singular stressed | mijn |
| first-person personal possessive pronoun singular unstressed | m'n |
| first-person personal possessive predicative pronoun | mijne |
| first-person personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive | me |
| archaic first-person genitive personal predicative pronoun | mijner |
| archaic first-person genitive personal predicative pronoun | mijns |
| personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective | jij |
| personal pronoun second-person singular subjective unstressed | je |
| objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed | jou |
| objective personal pronoun second-person singular unstressed | je |
| personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed | jouw |
| personal possessive pronoun second-person singular unstressed | je |
| personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person | jouwe |
| personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person | je |
| archaic genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person | jouwer |
| archaic genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person | jouws |
| archaic dialectal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective | gij |
| archaic dialectal personal pronoun second-person singular subjective unstressed | ge |
| archaic dialectal objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed | u |
| archaic dialectal personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed | uw |
| archaic dialectal personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person | uwe |
| archaic dialectal personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person | u |
| archaic dialectal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person | uwer |
| archaic dialectal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person | uws |
| formal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective | u |
| formal objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed | u |
| formal personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed | uw |
| formal personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person | uwe |
| formal personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person | u |
| formal personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person | zich |
| archaic formal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person | uwer |
| archaic formal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person | uws |
| masculine personal pronoun singular stressed subjective third-person | hij |
| masculine personal pronoun singular subjective third-person unstressed | ie |
| masculine objective personal pronoun singular stressed third-person | hem |
| masculine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed | 'm |
More forms are in the app.
Other ways to say it
- bennensynonym of zijn (only the infinitive form zijn itself, not the other inflected forms)
- wezensynonym of zijn; used with an action verb in the infinitive to indicate that the action took place elsewhere and has been concluded
Idioms built on the body
- zijn neus ophalen voor ietsto turn your nose up at somethingLiterally to pull up your nose at it, close to the English.