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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 compare |
| jij | you compare |
| u | you (formal) compare |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it compares |
| wij | we compare |
| jullie | you (plural) compare |
| zij | they compare |
Simple past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I compared |
| jij | you compared |
| u | you (formal) compared |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it compared |
| wij | we compared |
| jullie | you (plural) compared |
| zij | they compared |
Compound past
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I compared; I have compared |
| jij | you compared; you have compared |
| u | you (formal) compared; you (formal) have compared |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it compared; he/she/it has compared |
| wij | we compared; we have compared |
| jullie | you (plural) compared; you (plural) have compared |
| zij | they compared; they have compared |
Past perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I had compared |
| jij | you had compared |
| u | you (formal) had compared |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it had compared |
| wij | we had compared |
| jullie | you (plural) had compared |
| zij | they had compared |
Future (zullen)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I will compare |
| jij | you will compare |
| u | you (formal) will compare |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it will compare |
| wij | we will compare |
| jullie | you (plural) will compare |
| zij | they will compare |
Future (gaan)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I am going to compare |
| jij | you are going to compare |
| u | you (formal) are going to compare |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it is going to compare |
| wij | we are going to compare |
| jullie | you (plural) are going to compare |
| zij | they are going to compare |
Question (jij)
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| jij | do you compare? |
Future perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I will have compared |
| jij | you will have compared |
| u | you (formal) will have compared |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it will have compared |
| wij | we will have compared |
| jullie | you (plural) will have compared |
| zij | they will have compared |
Conditional
Conditional
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I would compare |
| jij | you would compare |
| u | you (formal) would compare |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it would compare |
| wij | we would compare |
| jullie | you (plural) would compare |
| zij | they would compare |
Conditional perfect
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| ik | I would have compared |
| jij | you would have compared |
| u | you (formal) would have compared |
| hij/zij/het | he/she/it would have compared |
| wij | we would have compared |
| jullie | you (plural) would have compared |
| zij | they would have compared |
Imperative
Imperative
| Person, form or usage | Form and meaning |
|---|---|
| jij | compare! |
| u | compare! (formal) |
| jullie | compare! (plural) |
Additional forms
- Infinitive with te
- Present participle
- Past participle
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