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How to use (there to be) in Dutch

Hello everybody,

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

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Take a moment to explore these relevant pages as you conclude this lesson: Future Tense, Conditional Mood in Dutch, Reflexive and Possessive Pronouns & Pronouns.

VERB IN ENGLISH	VERB IN DUTCH	PAST TENSE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THERE TO BE	ER ZIJN
THERE WAS A CAR		ER WAS EEN AUTO	HAVIA UM CARRO
THERE WERE SOME CARS		ER WAREN VELE AUTOS	HAVIA ALGUNS CARROS
THERE WAS NOT A CAR		ER WAS NIET EEN AUTO	NÃO HAVIA UM CARRO
THERE WERE NOT SOME CARS		ER WAREN NIET VELE AUTOS	NÃO HAVIA ALGUNS CARROS

VERB IN ENGLISH	VERB IN ROMANIAN	PRESENT TENSE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THERE TO BE	ER ZIJN
THERE IS A CAR		ER IS EEN AUTO	HÁ UM CARRO
THERE ARE SOME CARS		ER ZIJN VELE AUTOS	HÁ ALGUNS CARROS
THERE IS NOT A CAR		ER IS NIET EEN AUTO	NÃO HÁ UM CARRO
THERE ARE NOT SOME CARS		ER ZIJN NIET EEN AUTO	NÃO HÁ ALGUNS CARROS

VERB IN ENGLISH	VERB IN ROMANIAN	FUTURE TENSE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
THERE TO BE	ER ZIJN
THERE WILL BE  A CAR		ER ZAL EEN AUTO ZIJN	HAVERÁ UM CARRO
THERE  WILL BE SOME CARS		ER ZULLEN VELE AUTOS ZIJN	HAVERÁ ALGUNS CARROS
THERE WILL NOT BE A CAR		ER ZAL NIET EEN AUTO ZIJN	NÃO HAVERÁ UM CARRO
THERE WILL NOT BE SOME CARS		ER ZULLEN NIET VELE AUTOS ZIJN	NÃO HAVERÁ ALGUNS CARROS

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