Language/Dutch/Grammar/How-to-Use-Be

Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn the VERB TO BE in Dutch.

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Good learning! :)

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VERBS IN ENGLISH	VERB IN DUTCH	PAST TENSE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
TO BE (WITH ADJECTIVE)	ZIJN		SER (COM ADJETIVO)
I WAS		IK WAS	EU ERA
YOU WERE		JIJ WAS	VOCÊ ERA
HE WAS		HIJ WAS	ELE ERA
SHE WAS		ZIJ WAS	ELA ERA
WE WERE		WIJ WAREN	NÓS ÉRAMOS
YOU WERE (PLURAL)		JULLIE WAREN	VOCÊS ERAM
THEY WERE		ZIJ WAREN	ELES ERAM
VERBS IN ENGLISH	VERB IN DUTCH	PRESENT TENSE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
TO BE (WITH ADJECTIVE)	ZIJN		SER (COM ADJETIVO)
I AM		IK BEN	EU SOU
YOU ARE		JIJ BENT	VOCÊ É
HE IS		HIJ IS	ELE É
SHE IS		ZIJ IS	ELA É
WE ARE		WIJ ZIJN	NÓS SOMOS
YOU ARE (PLURAL)		JULLIE ZIJN	VOCÊS SÃO
THEY ARE		ZIJ ZIJN	ELES SÃO
VERBS IN ENGLISH	VERB IN DUTCH	FUTURE TENSE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
TO BE (WITH ADJECTIVE)	ZIJN		SER (COM ADJETIVO)
I WILL BE		IK ZAL ZIJN	EU SEREI
YOU WILL BE		JIJ ZULT ZIJN	VOCÊ SERÁ
HE WILL BE		HIJ ZAL ZIJN	ELE SERÁ
SHE WILL BE		ZIJ ZAL ZIJN	ELA SERÁ
WE WILL BE		WIJ ZULLEN ZIJN	NÓS SEREMOS
YOU WILL BE (PLURAL)		JULLIE ZULLEN ZIJN	VOCÊS SERÃO
THEY WILL BE		ZIJ ZULLEN ZIJN	ELES SERÃO