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"to be" in Dutch

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Summary

The Dutch translation for “to be” is zijn.

Pronounced the same

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Examples of "to be" in use

There are 79 examples of the Dutch word for "to be" being used:
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Tom and Mary wanted to spend the rest of their lives together. Tom en Mary wilden hun volledige leven tezamen zijn.
this must also be prepared in Dutch deze moet eveneens in het Nederlands opgesteld zijn
There will be a project file available. Er zal een projectfiche ter beschikking zijn.
Some religious people can be very judgemental. Sommige religieuze personen kunnen zeer veroordelend zijn.
Whoever takes on the task must be well-organized. Eender wie de taak op zich neemt, moet goed georganiseerd zijn.
It would be premature to set a date for the wedding right now. Het zou voorbarig zijn om nu al een datum voor de bruiloft vast te leggen.
The future perfect tense can be difficult to conjugate in some languages. De toekomende voltooide tijd kan in sommige talen moeilijk vervoegbaar zijn.
Poverty is no hindrance to anyone who can be of use to the state, however low his prestige. Armoede is voor niemand die de staat van nut kan zijn een beletsel, hoe gering zijn aanzien ook is.
The main target of the N-VA will be the francophone socialists. De grootste schietschijf van de N-VA zullen de Franstalige socialisten zijn.

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Although the Netherlands and Germany are very similar, the differences are also very significant.,
But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you.,
But to tell all the distress and misery the duckling had to endure in that harsh winter would be too dire.,
Could it perhaps be a turkey chick?,
He already would have been happy if the ducks would have accepted him around them,
I don’t know if this will be enough.,
I want to be a cat.,
I would be grateful if you could do that for me.,
If you will be hard on yourself, life will be easy on you.,
It won’t be easy for you.,
It would be premature to set a date for the wedding right now.,
I’d be grateful.,
I’d like to be Picasso.,
I’m scared of being alone.,
Line twelve only comes in half an hour, but line five should be here in three minutes.,
Love can be blind.,
No one else could be so sensitive than a true princess.,
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but it had to be a real princess.,
Some religious people can be very judgemental.,
Surely you don’t want to be wiser than the tomcat and the woman.
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