Language/Dutch/Grammar/How-to-use-“to-be”-with-names-and-places

This lesson can still be improved. EDIT IT NOW! & become VIP

Rate this lesson:

0.00

(0 votes)

How to use (to be) with names and places

Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn the VERB TO BE WITH NAMES AND PLACES in Dutch.

Feel free to edit this page by adding new conjugations and expressions!

Happy learning! :)

Consider exploring these related pages after completing this lesson: Future Tense, Conditional Mood in Dutch, Plurals & Conditional Mood.

Verb in English	Verb in Dutch	Past tense	Brazilian Portuguese

TO BE (WITH NAMES AND PLACES)	BLIJVEN		ESTAR (COM NOMES E LUGARES)

I WAS	IK BLEEF		EU ESTAVA
YOU WERE	JIJ BLEEF		VOCÊ ESTAVA
HE WAS	HIJ BLEEF		ELE ESTAVA
SHE WAS	ZIJ BLEEF		ELA ESTAVA
WE WERE	WIJ BLEVEN		NÓS ESTÁVAMOS
YOU WERE (PLURAL)	U BLEVEN		VOCÊS ESTAVAM
THEY WERE	ZIJ BLEVEN		ELES ESTAVAM

Verb in English	Verb in Dutch	Present tense	Brazilian Portuguese

TO BE (WITH NAMES AND PLACES)	BLIJVEN		ESTAR (COM NOMES E LUGARES)

I AM	IK BLIJF		EU ESTOU
YOU ARE	JIJ BLIJFT		VOCÊ ESTÁ
HE IS	HIJ BLIJFT		ELE ESTÁ
SHE IS	ZIJ BLIJFT		ELA ÉSTÁ
WE ARE	WIJ BLIJVEN		NÓS ESTAMOS
YOU ARE (PLURAL)	U BLIJVEN		VOCÊS ESTÃO
THEY ARE	ZIJ BLIJVEN		ELES ESTÃO

Verb in English	Verb in Dutch	Future tense	Brazilian Portuguese

TO BE (WITH NAMES AND PLACES)	BLIJVEN		ESTAR (COM NOMES E LUGARES)

I WILL BE	IK ZAL BLIJVEN		EU ESTAREI
YOU WILL BE	JIJ ZULT BLIJVEN		VOCÊ ESTARÁ
HE WILL BE	HIJ ZAL BLIJVEN		ELE ESTARÁ
SHE WILL BE	ZIJ ZAL BLIJVEN		ELA ESTARÁ
WE WILL BE	WIJ ZULLEN BLIJVEN		NÓS ESTAREMOS
YOU WILL BE (PLURAL)	U ZULLEN BLIJVEN		VOCÊS ESTARÃO
THEY WILL BE	ZIJ ZULLEN BLIJVEN		ELES ESTARÃO

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]