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Perfect Tense - Which auxiliary? |
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a. Most Dutch verbs form their perfect tense with hebben 'to have'. b. A number of verbs describing situations, developments or movements always use zijn. (Speakers of German, French, and Italian will notice that many of these verbs behave similarly in those languages).
zijn
| > ik ben geweest | I have been | blijven
| > ik ben gebleven | I have stayed | worden
| > ik ben geworden | I have become | gebeuren
| > het is gebeurd | it has happened |
voorkomen
| > het is voorgekomen | it has occurred |
komen
| > ik ben gekomen | I have come | gaan
| > ik ben gegaan | I have gone | verschijnen
| > ik ben verschenen | I have appeared | vertrekken
| > ik ben vertrokken | I have left | verdwijnen
| > ik ben verdwenen | I have disappeared
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