Dutch reference
liggen
to lie; be lying
Irregular · 11 form tables
Dutch forms with separate jij and u rows. Separable verbs retain their word order in each form.
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Indicative
Present
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I am lying down |
| jij | you are lying down |
| u | you (formal) are lying down |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it is lying down |
| wij | we are lying down |
| jullie | you (plural) are lying down |
| zij | they are lying down |
Simple past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I was lying down |
| jij | you were lying down |
| u | you (formal) were lying down |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it was lying down |
| wij | we were lying down |
| jullie | you (plural) were lying down |
| zij | they were lying down |
Compound past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I was lying down; I have been lying down |
| jij | you were lying down; you have been lying down |
| u | you (formal) were lying down; you (formal) have been lying down |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it was lying down; he/she/it has been lying down |
| wij | we were lying down; we have been lying down |
| jullie | you (plural) were lying down; you (plural) have been lying down |
| zij | they were lying down; they have been lying down |
Past perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I had been lying down |
| jij | you had been lying down |
| u | you (formal) had been lying down |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it had been lying down |
| wij | we had been lying down |
| jullie | you (plural) had been lying down |
| zij | they had been lying down |
Future (zullen)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I will be lying down |
| jij | you will be lying down |
| u | you (formal) will be lying down |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it will be lying down |
| wij | we will be lying down |
| jullie | you (plural) will be lying down |
| zij | they will be lying down |
Future (gaan)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I am going to be lying down |
| jij | you are going to be lying down |
| u | you (formal) are going to be lying down |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it is going to be lying down |
| wij | we are going to be lying down |
| jullie | you (plural) are going to be lying down |
| zij | they are going to be lying down |
Question (jij)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| jij | are you lying down? |
Future perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I will have been lying down |
| jij | you will have been lying down |
| u | you (formal) will have been lying down |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it will have been lying down |
| wij | we will have been lying down |
| jullie | you (plural) will have been lying down |
| zij | they will have been lying down |
Conditional
Conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I would be lying down |
| jij | you would be lying down |
| u | you (formal) would be lying down |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it would be lying down |
| wij | we would be lying down |
| jullie | you (plural) would be lying down |
| zij | they would be lying down |
Conditional perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I would have been lying down |
| jij | you would have been lying down |
| u | you (formal) would have been lying down |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it would have been lying down |
| wij | we would have been lying down |
| jullie | you (plural) would have been lying down |
| zij | they would have been lying down |
Imperative
Imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| jij | be lying down! |
| u | be lying down! (formal) |
| jullie | be lying down! (plural) |
Additional forms
- Infinitive with te
- Present participle
- Past participle
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