The Dutch use the simple past tense to refer to an event that took place in the past. On the next page, you can read more about the use of this tense.
Now, why did you need to know the difference between d- and t-verbs? The reason is that they follow different conjugations. They are similar, but where a t-verb takes -te(n) in the past tense, a d-verb takes -de(n).
Conjugation of a t-verb
| ik
| [stem] + te
| we
| [stem] + ten
|
| je
| [stem] + te
| jullie
| [stem] + ten
|
| hij
| [stem] + te
| ze
| [stem] + ten
|
Conjugation of a d-verb
| ik
| [stem] + de
| we
| [stem] + den
|
| je
| [stem] + de
| jullie
| [stem] + den
|
| hij
| [stem] + de
| ze
| [stem] + den
|
Examples
- merken (to notice) and wensen (to wish)
| merken
| stem: merk
| wensen
| stem: wens
|
| ik
| merkte
| ik
| wenste
|
| je
| merkte
| je
| wenste
|
| hij
| merkte
| hij
| wenste
|
| we
| merkten
| we
| wensten
|
| jullie
| merkten
| jullie
| wensten
|
| ze
| merkten
| ze
| wensten
|
Note the double 't' in the conjugation of rusten and double 'd' in the conjugation of bloeden. You do not hear the double 'd' or 't', but you do have to write it! Wij bloeden and wij bloedden are pronounced the same, but the first is the present tense, the latter the past.
- rusten (to rest) and bloeden (to bleed)
| rusten
| stem: rust
| bloeden
| stem: bloed
|
| ik
| rustte
| ik
| bloedde
|
| je
| rustte
| je
| bloedde
|
| hij
| rustte
| hij
| bloedde
|
| we
| rustten
| we
| bloedden
|
| jullie
| rustten
| jullie
| bloedden
|
| ze
| rustten
| ze
| bloedden
|
- luisteren (to listen) and kussen (to kiss)
| luisteren
| stem: luister
| kussen
| stem: kus
|
| ik
| luisterde
| ik
| kuste
|
| je
| luisterde
| je
| kuste
|
| hij
| luisterde
| hij
| kuste
|
| we
| luisterden
| we
| kusten
|
| jullie
| luisterden
| jullie
| kusten
|
| ze
| luisterden
| ze
| kusten
|
- roeien (to row) and lenen (to lend, to borrow)
| roeien
| stem: roei
| lenen
| stem: leen
|
| ik
| roeide
| ik
| leende
|
| je
| roeide
| je
| leende
|
| hij
| roeide
| hij
| leende
|
| we
| roeiden
| we
| leenden
|
| jullie
| roeiden
| jullie
| leenden
|
| ze
| roeiden
| ze
| leenden
|
A very useful web site is 
www.verbix.com. It conjugates Dutch verbs for you in all eight tenses.
Note that the examples above give you the unstressed personal pronouns. Some pronouns change when they are stressed in a phrase: je/jij, we/wij, ze/zij (both singular and plural).
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