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"came (past tense; singular)" in Dutch

kwam
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The Dutch translation for “came (past tense; singular)” is kwam.

Pronounced the same

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revived (part 1) kwam

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came kwamen
came gekomen

Examples of "came" in use

There are 43 examples of the Dutch word for "came" being used:
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Now the prince took her to be his wife; because now he knew that he had a real princess, and the pea was placed in the cabinet of rarities, in which it can still be seen, if at least no one has stolen it. Nu nam de prins haar tot vrouw; want nu wist hij, dat hij een echte prinses bezat, en de erwt kwam in het kabinet van zeldzaamheden, waarin zij nog te zien is, als niemand haar ten minste gestolen heeft.
The next morning someone came and mounted bars in front of Harry’s window. De volgende ochtend kwam er iemand die tralies voor Harry’s raam monteerde.
“It’s too big!” they all said, and the turkey that had come into the world with spurs and therefore thought he was emperor, blew himself up like a ship with full sails and came up to him; then he clucked and his head turned bright red. “Het is te groot!” zeiden allen, en de kalkoense haan, die met sporen ter wereld gekomen was en daarom dacht, dat hij keizer was, blies zich op als een schip met volle zeilen en kwam op hem af; toen klokte hij en werd zijn kop vuurrood.

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A stray cat came into our garden.,
and as soon as they were out of his sight, he dived under the water until the bottom, and when he rose again he was almost beside himself with excitement,
before she came here,
By chance, I met her in the street.,
Early in the morning, a farmer passed by.,
He ended up in bad company.,
He turned up an hour later.,
I arrived last.,
I ended up in hospital last night.,
I found out that Kate was wealthy.,
I found out that she was an intelligent student.,
I ran into Tom yesterday.,
My mom came back from the store.,
Nobody else showed up.,
Not a drop of water came out of the tap.,
Now came the autumn,
Now the prince took her to be his wife; because now he knew that he had a real princess, and the pea was placed in the cabinet of rarities, in which it can still be seen, if at least no one has stolen it.,
One evening a strong thunderstorm came; there was thunder and lighting, the rain was pouring down, it was terrible weather!,
One evening, just as the sun set amid radiant clouds, there came a large flock of beautiful birds out of the forest,
She came back disappointed.
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