Belgian Dutch reference

zich excuseren

to apologize

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

zich excuseren: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI apologize
jij / jeyou apologize
gij / geyou (Flemish) apologize
uyou (formal) apologize
hij / zij / hethe/she/it apologizes
wij / wewe apologize
jullieyou (plural) apologize
zij / zethey apologize

Simple past

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

Compound past

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

Past perfect

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

Future

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

Future perfect

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

Future (gaan)

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

Conditional

Conditional

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

Conditional perfect

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

Imperative

Imperative

zich excuseren: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
jij / jeapologize!
gij / geapologize! (Flemish)
uapologize! (formal)
jullieapologize! (plural)

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Past participle

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