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Verstaan (to understand) conjugation

Dutch
23 examples

Conjugation of verstaan

Ik
Jij/Je/U
Hij/Zij/Het
Wij/We
Jullie
Zij
Present tense
versta
I understand
verstaat
you understand
verstaat
he/she/it understands
verstaan
we understand
verstaan
you all understand
verstaan
they understand
Present perfect tense
heb verstaan
I have understood
hebt verstaan
you have understood
heeft verstaan
he/she/it has understood
hebben verstaan
we have understood
hebben verstaan
you all have understood
hebben verstaan
they have understood
Past tense
verstond
I understood
verstond
you understood
verstond
he/she/it understood
verstonden
we understood
verstonden
you all understood
verstonden
they understood
Future tense
zal verstaan
I will understand
zult verstaan
you will understand
zal verstaan
he/she/it will understand
zullen verstaan
we will understand
zullen verstaan
you all will understand
zullen verstaan
they will understand
Ik
Jij/Je/U
Hij/Zij/Het
Wij/We
Jullie
Zij
Conditional mood
zou verstaan
I would understand
zou verstaan
you would understand
zou verstaan
he/she/it would understand
zouden verstaan
we would understand
zouden verstaan
you all would understand
zouden verstaan
they would understand
Subjunctive mood
versta
I understand
versta
you understand
versta
he/she/it understand
versta
we understand
versta
you all understand
versta
they understand
Past perfect tense
had verstaan
I had understood
had verstaan
you had understood
had verstaan
he/she/it had understood
hadden verstaan
we had understood
hadden verstaan
you all had understood
hadden verstaan
they had understood
Future perf.
zal verstaan hebben
I will have understood
zal verstaan hebben
you will have understood
zal verstaan hebben
he/she/it will have understood
zullen verstaan hebben
we will have understood
zullen verstaan hebben
you all will have understood
zullen verstaan hebben
they will have understood
Ik
Jij/Je/U
Hij/Zij/Het
Wij/We
Jullie
Zij
Conditional perfect tense
zou verstaan hebben
I would have understood
zou verstaan hebben
you would have understood
zou verstaan hebben
he/she/it would have understood
zouden verstaan hebben
we would have understood
zouden verstaan hebben
you all would have understood
zouden verstaan hebben
they would have understood
Du
Ihr
Imperative mood
versta
understand
verstaat
understand

Examples of verstaan

Example in DutchTranslation in English
"God behoede..." Meer konden ze niet verstaan."God save..." That's all they could understand, sir.
"Wat is de reden van de vrees... die niemand kan verstaan.""What is the reason of the fright.. ..no one can understand."
"zodat ze elkaar niet meer kunnen verstaan."that they won't understand each other's speech.
'Laat ons daarvoor hun tong verbazen zodat ze elkaars speech niet verstaan.'Therefore let us go down and confound their tongue that they may not understand one another's speech.
- Dat kon ik niet verstaan.- He said something I couldn't understand.
'Ahungu what'? Ik versta je niet.Nein, I'm, I'm not understand.
'Ik versta er niets van; praat tegen me als Meester Bruce, niet als Batman.'[as Michael Caine] I can't understand a word you're saying, Master Bruce. Talk to me as Master Bruce, not as Batman.
'Pistool' versta ik wel."Gun" i understand.
'lk versta u niet,' antwoordt ze in 't Spaans.'I don't understand', she answers in Spanish.
- Daar versta ik niks van.l didn´t understand a word.
'De regisseur vreest dat men je misschien niet verstaat.'- Oh, certainly not. - "The director's just a little bit worried that maybe people can't understand what you're saying."
'T betekent dat als je teveel van dat spul slikt, je niet alleen... beestjes ziet en voelt, maar dat je ook raar begint te praten... en niemand je meer verstaat.-I'll tell you. It means that if you take too much of that stuff you not only start seeing bugs all over but you start talking like...and no one can understand you.
't Is mijn schuld niet dat niemand u verstaat.It's not my fault nobody can understand what you're saying.
- George verstaat maar één taal.Talk? There's only one language George understands.
- Het verstaat onze taal niet.It obviously doesn't understand our language.
"Tomaten" is 't eerste woord dat ik verstond."Tomatoes" is the first word I understood.
'Matálo ', hij verstond het.Which Leight understood. - Yeah.
't Is of je verstond wat hij zei.You look like you understood every word he said.
- Hij verstond me wel.He understood me.
- Ik verstond het..- I understood.
Gelukkig kon ik op de Franse school iedereen verstaan en zij verstonden mij meestal ook.At the French school, I could understand the others and be understood.
Maar de maten verstonden best wel Fins.But the inmates understood Finnish pretty well.
Toen we nog kinderen waren, hadden we onze eigen geheimtaal die alleen ik en mijn broer verstonden.When we were kids, we had our own secret language that only me and my brother understood.

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