Belgian Dutch reference

terugkeren

to go back, return

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

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

Simple past

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

Compound past

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

Past perfect

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

Future

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

Future perfect

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

Future (gaan)

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

Conditional

Conditional

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

Conditional perfect

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

Imperative

Imperative

terugkeren: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jij / jego back!
gij / gego back! (Flemish)
ugo back! (formal)
julliego back! (plural)

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Present participle
Past participle

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