Perfect Tense - Which auxiliary? Print E-mail

c. The following verbs of movement can occur with hebben or zijn. With these verbs, zijn is used whenever the point of departure, direction and/or the destination is mentioned. In other cases, hebben is used.  Examples:

Ik ben naar de stad gereden. = I have driven to town.
Ik ben de garage uit gereden. = I have driven out of the garage.
Ik ben door Duitsland gereden. = I have driven through Germany.
Ik heb de hele middag gereden. = I have driven all afternoon.
Ik heb in haar auto gereden. = I have driven in her car.

fietsen
> ik heb/ben gefietstI have cycled
lopen
> ik heb/ben gelopenI have walked
rennen
> ik heb/ben gerendI have run
rijden
> ik heb/ben geredenI have driven
vliegen
> ik heb/ben gevlogenI have flown
zwemmen    
> ik heb/ben gezwommenI have swum

[to be expanded]

© DutchToday 2007





 
< Prev   Next >
Site by Dragoman Talen || Copyright © 2006-2008: Dragoman Talen
Joomla Templates by JoomlaShack Joomla Templates by Compass Design