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Dutch 2

<p>
	In the table below, you can see the first Dutch verbs you will learn.
</p>

<table class="ui fixed celled table">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>English</th>
            <th>Dutch</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
		<tr data-item="207574"></tr>
		<tr data-item="207582"></tr>
		<tr data-item="207578"></tr>
		<tr data-item="207581"></tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

<p>
	The verbs above are presented in the <strong>infinitive</strong> form,
	and if we want to combine them with personal pronouns in order to make sentences,
	we will need to <strong>conjugate</strong> them.
</p>

<table class="ui fixed celled table">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Infinitive</th>
            <th>Stem</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>drinken</td>
			<td>drink</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>wachten</td>
			<td>wacht</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>kennen</td>
			<td>ken</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>bakken</td>
			<td>bak</td>
		</tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

<p>
	Conjugating a verb simply means to change its shape, and in order to do this,
	we first create the <strong>stem</strong> form by cutting off the <strong>en</strong> at the end,
	and if we end up with the same letter twice, we'll also cut off one of them.
</p>

<p>
	Now we know how to obtain the stem of a verb, we can use it in our conjugation rules for different persons.
</p>

<table class="ui celled table">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Person</th>
            <th>Rule</th>
			<th></th>
			<th></th>
			<th></th>
			<th></th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>ik</td>
			<td>stem</td>
			<td>ik drink<br/><span style="color: #999999">I drink</span></td>
			<td>ik wacht<br/><span style="color: #999999">I wait</span></td>
			<td>ik ken<br/><span style="color: #999999">I know</span></td>
			<td>ik bak<br/><span style="color: #999999">I bake</span></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>jij</td>
			<td>stem + t</td>
			<td>jij drinkt<br/><span style="color: #999999">you drink</span></td>
			<td>jij wacht<br/><span style="color: #999999">you wait</span></td>
			<td>jij kent<br/><span style="color: #999999">you know</span></td>
			<td>jij bakt<br/><span style="color: #999999">you bake</span></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>hij/zij/het</td>
			<td>stem + t</td>
			<td>hij drinkt<br/><span style="color: #999999">he drinks</span></td>
			<td>zij wacht<br/><span style="color: #999999">she waits</span></td>
			<td>hij kent<br/><span style="color: #999999">he knows</span></td>
			<td>zij bakt<br/><span style="color: #999999">she knows</span></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>wij/jullie/zij</td>
			<td>infinitive</td>
			<td>wij drinken<br/><span style="color: #999999">we drink</span></td>
			<td>jullie wachten<br/><span style="color: #999999">you wait</span></td>
			<td>zij kennen<br/><span style="color: #999999">they know</span></td>
			<td>zij bakken<br/><span style="color: #999999">they bake</span></td>
		</tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

<p>
	Note that for the second person singular, <strong>jij</strong>,
	we don't add a <strong>t</strong> after the stem if the stem already ends in a <strong>t</strong>.
</p>

Verbs

Personal pronouns and verb conjugation

Short and long vowels

Question	Answer
to drink	drinken
to wait	wachten
to know^someone	kennen
to bake	bakken
I drink.	Ik drink.
You drink.	Jij drinkt.
You drink.	Jullie drinken.
I wait.	Ik wacht.
You wait.	Jij wacht.
good	goed
weather	weer
to wait for	wachten op
She waits for good weather.	Zij wacht op goed weer.
They know Barack Obama.	Zij kennen Barack Obama.
bread	brood
We bake bread.	Wij bakken brood.
You wait.	Jullie wachten.

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