{"id":81,"date":"2009-07-11T16:55:46","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T20:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=81"},"modified":"2009-07-11T16:55:46","modified_gmt":"2009-07-11T20:55:46","slug":"subject-pronouns-the-verb-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/subject-pronouns-the-verb-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Subject Pronouns + the Verb &#8220;to be&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, take a glance at the subject pronouns:<\/p>\n<p>I &#8211; <strong>ik<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You (singular informal) &#8211; <strong>jij<\/strong> (<strong>je<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>You (plural informal) &#8211; <strong>jullie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You (singular and plural formal) &#8211; <strong>u<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He &#8211; <strong>hij<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She &#8211; <strong>zij<\/strong> (<strong>ze<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>It &#8211; <strong>het<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We &#8211; <strong>wij<\/strong> (<strong>we<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>They &#8211; <strong>zij<\/strong> (<strong>ze<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>The verb &#8220;to be&#8221; in the present tense with the pronoun is:<\/p>\n<p>I am &#8211; <strong>ik ben<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You are &#8211; <strong>jij bent<\/strong>\/ <strong>u bent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You are &#8211; <strong>jullie zijn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He, she, it is &#8211; <strong>hij<\/strong>, <strong>zij<\/strong>, <strong>het is<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are &#8211; <strong>wij zijn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They are &#8211; <strong>zij zijn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now all you have to do is insert a name. 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