The Dutch past tense: perfectum

[@silvunar]

man, he is really underrated in terms of Dutch-learning... I am going to leave here a comment for the algorithm

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Thanks for the comment, Silvar!

[@davideduardos4621]

Dear teacher, I do really hope you just carry on recording these amazing videos. I've never learned anything in Dutch, but who knows, I think it's kinda easy the Dutch language when you speak German and English. I like to challenge myself.

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Thank you, I will :)

[@elamuka6438]

Soft ketchup 🤣, that one was nice. Now I am sure I will never forget this rule. Dank je wel

[@nimaamiry6303]

Fantastic videos, keep em coming

[@kaebynj.quintero2993]

Thank you I have my Dutch test today. The soft ketchup phrase saved me some studying time.

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Glad it helped!

[@priyankaka3763]

Thanks very useful. Can’t see any link as you mentioned at end of video to practice. Thanks for including.

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Here it is: www.dutchgrammar.com/en/?n=Verbs.Ir03

[@77quiproquo]

Hello, thank you for your lessons. They are really helpful! I have a question. Can it be more easy to explain usage of 't" and "d" letters like: "d" is from "family" of voiced letters and uses after voiced letters. T- uses with unvoiced letters, because it from unvoiced "family ". ? What do you think?

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

You're very welcome! Yes indeed, you can. Many people don't know the difference between voiced and unvoiced letters, so it's easier to remember soft ketchup.

[@CarlKlueger]

Hallo en bedankt voor de video. Ik heb maar een vraag, wanneer gebruikt men "+en" in het perfectum, bijvoorbeeld "gebleven, gekenen, gesneden"? Heeft u al een video op dit?

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Dat zijn altijd irreguliere verba. Ik heb een lijst met de meest gebruikte verba hier: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXralZJvlJmno7c

[@karmalord212]

Hi, Thank you so much for this video, it was really helpful. I have a question though, I recently studied the conjugation of verbs in the present tense, and how the stem is defined by following a set of rules: Jazz, VCV, Don't touch it, and VZ-FS. I noticed that the verb "leven" is geleefd in perfectum tense, using the stem "leef", which is found using the four rules for present tense. I also noticed the verb "voorspellen" was conjugated to voorspeld. Why is the stem in this conjugated verb not "speel", instead spel? Does perfectum also follow the rules of finding the stem as in present tense (Jazz, VCV, don't touch it, VZ-FS)?

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Hi, thanks. It's the first time I hear of this set of rules. The stem is the ik-form: Ik leef & ik voorspel. First is long e, second short. Usually, if there is a double consonant before the -en, it will be short: 'vallen, rennen, dollen', the stem is: ik val, ik ren, ik dol. But if there is a single consonant, the vowel will be long: 'maken, leven, roken': ik maak, ik leef, ik rook. I hope this helps!

[@warsugtv8701]

Bedankt best leraar

[@irishmaria1990]

Thank you for the video... Is there any place I can know which verbs use zijn of hebben? Even it say zijn always where there movement en goals, but it never always like that.

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

You're welcome, here's a list: www.dutchgrammar.com/en/?n=Verbs.Ir03

[@mep6302]

Thank you for the video but I don't understand something. You use the perfectum when there's no specific time, right? I got that. Then why do you use it sometimes with words like "gisteren" (yesterday) if it's a specific time in the past? I don't get it.

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Well, the difference between perfectum and imperfectum isn't as strict as in Spanish. There are only few cases where only one of them could be used, for example: Toen ik een kind was, ging ik naar die school. The 'was' there can't be replaced by 'ben geweest.'

[@wahidanuhil8972]

Hello teacher, do you offer classes?

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Hi, I do but I'm a little too busy at the moment to take new students...

[@guventezcan467]

👍👍👍👍

[@serkanugur2974]

Maak eens even een video over af,op,b.v.b wat is hey verschill tussen halen,afhalen,ophalen?a.u.b

[@LearnDutchwithAlain]

Dag Serkan, hier vind je een ongepubliceerde video voor halen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYXSd4GOor2Gq6s en hier eentje voor op: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4PUZHiHeMZsfLc