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to pay someone back

Regular · 10 form tables

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

terugbetalen: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI pay someone back
jij / jeyou pay someone back
gij / geyou (Flemish) pay someone back
uyou (formal) pay someone back
hij / zij / hethe/she/it pays someone back
wij / wewe pay someone back
jullieyou (plural) pay someone back
zij / zethey pay someone back

Simple past

terugbetalen: Simple past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI paid someone back
jij / jeyou paid someone back
gij / geyou (Flemish) paid someone back
uyou (formal) paid someone back
hij / zij / hethe/she/it paid someone back
wij / wewe paid someone back
jullieyou (plural) paid someone back
zij / zethey paid someone back

Compound past

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

Past perfect

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

Future

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

Future perfect

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

Future (gaan)

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

Conditional

Conditional

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

Conditional perfect

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

Imperative

Imperative

terugbetalen: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jij / jepay someone back!
gij / gepay someone back! (Flemish)
upay someone back! (formal)
julliepay someone back! (plural)

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Present participle
Past participle

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