Belgian Dutch reference

oppassen

to be careful, to watch out; to look after

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Dutch as used in Belgium, with separate jij / je, gij / ge and u rows. Alternatives are retained where supplied.

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Indicative

Present

oppassen: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI am careful
jij / jeyou are careful
gij / geyou (Flemish) are careful
uyou (formal) are careful
hij / zij / hethe/she/it is careful
wij / wewe are careful
jullieyou (plural) are careful
zij / zethey are careful

Simple past

oppassen: Simple past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI was careful
jij / jeyou were careful
gij / geyou (Flemish) were careful
uyou (formal) were careful
hij / zij / hethe/she/it was careful
wij / wewe were careful
jullieyou (plural) were careful
zij / zethey were careful

Compound past

oppassen: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI was careful; I have been careful
jij / jeyou were careful; you have been careful
gij / geyou (Flemish) were careful; you (Flemish) have been careful
uyou (formal) were careful; you (formal) have been careful
hij / zij / hethe/she/it was careful; he/she/it has been careful
wij / wewe were careful; we have been careful
jullieyou (plural) were careful; you (plural) have been careful
zij / zethey were careful; they have been careful

Past perfect

oppassen: Past perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI had been careful
jij / jeyou had been careful
gij / geyou (Flemish) had been careful
uyou (formal) had been careful
hij / zij / hethe/she/it had been careful
wij / wewe had been careful
jullieyou (plural) had been careful
zij / zethey had been careful

Future

oppassen: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will be careful
jij / jeyou will be careful
gij / geyou (Flemish) will be careful
uyou (formal) will be careful
hij / zij / hethe/she/it will be careful
wij / wewe will be careful
jullieyou (plural) will be careful
zij / zethey will be careful

Future perfect

oppassen: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will have been careful
jij / jeyou will have been careful
gij / geyou (Flemish) will have been careful
uyou (formal) will have been careful
hij / zij / hethe/she/it will have been careful
wij / wewe will have been careful
jullieyou (plural) will have been careful
zij / zethey will have been careful

Future (gaan)

oppassen: Future (gaan)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI am going to be careful
jij / jeyou are going to be careful
gij / geyou (Flemish) are going to be careful
uyou (formal) are going to be careful
hij / zij / hethe/she/it is going to be careful
wij / wewe are going to be careful
jullieyou (plural) are going to be careful
zij / zethey are going to be careful

Conditional

Conditional

oppassen: Conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would be careful
jij / jeyou would be careful
gij / geyou (Flemish) would be careful
uyou (formal) would be careful
hij / zij / hethe/she/it would be careful
wij / wewe would be careful
jullieyou (plural) would be careful
zij / zethey would be careful

Conditional perfect

oppassen: Conditional perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would have been careful
jij / jeyou would have been careful
gij / geyou (Flemish) would have been careful
uyou (formal) would have been careful
hij / zij / hethe/she/it would have been careful
wij / wewe would have been careful
jullieyou (plural) would have been careful
zij / zethey would have been careful

Imperative

Imperative

oppassen: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jij / jebe careful!
gij / gebe careful! (Flemish)
ube careful! (formal)
julliebe careful! (plural)

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Present participle
Past participle

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