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Usages of het werkwoord
In het Nederlands maak je de imperatief meestal door alleen de stam van het werkwoord te gebruiken, zoals “Wacht!” of “Kom!”.
In Dutch, you usually form the imperative by using only the stem of the verb, such as “Wacht!” (Wait!) or “Kom!” (Come!).
Werkwoord helpt ons spreken.
Verb helps us speak.
Het werkwoord ‘hoeven’ gebruik je in het Nederlands vaak met ‘niet’ of ‘geen’ om aan te geven dat iets niet verplicht is.
In Dutch, you often use the verb “hoeven” with “niet” or “geen” to indicate that something is not mandatory.
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