Grammar: Perfectum

Question 1

Perfectum means?

Answer 1

Wat heb je gedaan?

What have you done

Question 2

How to create a sentence in the perfectum.

1. Take the present sentence:

Ik wandel I het park.

(I walk in the park)

2. Move the Verb to the end

Ik in het park wandel

3. Add after the subject ‘hebben’ or ‘zijn’ + rest

Ik HEB in het park wandel

(I have in the park…)

4. Change the verb by adding ‘ge’

Ik heb in het park GEwandel

(I have in the park walk)

5. Add the ending t’ or ‘d’ to the verb

Ik heb in het park GEwandeld

(I have in the park walked)

Q. What are the 5 things to do in creating a sentence in the perfectum?

Answer 2

5 sages in perfectum creation:

1. Take present sentence
2. Move verb to the end
3. Add hebben/zijn
4. Add ‘ge’
5. Change the end of the verb to ‘t’ or ‘d’

Question 3

What does ‘hebben’ mean?

Answer 3

To have

Question 4

What dies ‘zijn’ mean?

Answer 4

To be

Question 5

How is ‘hebben’ conjugated?

Answer 5

Hebben (to have)

Ik heb 
Jij, je,  u hebt
Hij, zij, ze, het heeft
We, wij hebben
Jullie hebben 
Zij, ze hebben 

I have
You have 
He, she it has
We have
You'll have
They have

Question 6

How is ‘zijn’ conjugated?

Answer 6

Zijn (to be)

Ik ben 
Jij, je bent
Hij, zij, het is
Wij, we zijn
Jullie zijn
Zij, ze zijn

I am
You are
He, she, it are
We are
Y'all are
They are

Question 7

True or false: 80% of the time use ‘hebben’ not ‘zijn’?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What are the three situations to use ‘zijn’?

Answer 8

Use ‘zijn’ for:

1. Going places (Gone to the park)
2. Life changes (I am marriage)
3. Physical transition (Got up, started, stopped).

Question 9

How to construct the sentence?

Subject 》 hebben / zijn 》 time 》 rest 》 place 》 verb

Answer 9

Question 10

What are the exceptional endings verbs for hebben and zijn?

Answer 10

Question 11

How to formulated the verb ending with d’

Answer 11

Add