There are a few verbs that end in -iën. The dieresis over e indicates that e is the beginning of a new syllable. Normally, ie is pronounced as ee in the English verb seek, but iën is pronounced as English ee-ye.
The stem of an -iën verb ends in ie
When we derive the stem of an -iën verb, we only subtract -n. We maintain -e but we remove the dieresis. For example:
| Infinitive
| ruziën
(to quarrel)
| skiën
(to ski)
| oliën
(to oil)
|
| Stem
| ruzie
| skie
| olie
|
Now that you know how to derive the stem from an infinitive, you will be able to conjugate a verb in all eight tenses. You will find that to do this properly, you cannot do without the knowledge about the stem you obtained in this section.
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