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Verb 8
Verb 8
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Dutch Grammar • The simple present http://www.dutchgrammar.com/en/?n=Verbs.re07
We use the simple present tense to refer to an event that takes place right now or to a current state.
You can read more about the use of this tense on the next page. Let us first look at the technical
part: The conjugation of the simple present tense.
ik [stem] we infinitive
The verbs maken, leren, huren en koken are all subject to the 1st stem rule: A long vowel infinitive
requires a long vowel stem.
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