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| | Dutch grammar: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Weak verbs (additional info and facts about Weak verbs) form their past tenses by addition of a dental, -d- or -t-. |
 | | The rule Dutch children are taught is 'T kofschip is met tee beladen, ("the merchant ship is loaded with tea"), that is, if the verb stem ends with the consonants of 'T kofschip (-t, -k, -f, -s, -ch or -p), the past tense dental is a -t-; otherwise it is a -d-. |
 | | Several of these forms also have alternatives that are used in informal language: mijn has the informal form m'n, hij has the informal form 'ie, hem has the informal form 'm, zijn has the informal form z'n, haar has the informal form d'r and het has the informal form 't. |
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