Letters and language

wij

the first-person plural personal pronoun; refers to the speakers

hebben

1. to have, to possess, own, hold
2. to be afflicted with a disease
3. Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of most verbs, together with a past participle.
4. must, to be obliged to, to be to

op

• Adv

  1. up
  2. onto, up onto
  3. Used in separative verbs meaning “to go away” with rude connotations.

• Prep
• Adj

en

• Conj

  1. and
  2. well, so
  3. plus, and

• Adv

dat

• Det

  that (neuter); referring to a thing or a person further away.

• Pron
• Conj

moeten

1. to be necessary, to be required
2. to have to, must
3. should, be meant to, be supposed to
4. to have to go, to need to go, must go
5. (informal) to need to go to the toilet

goed

• Adj

  1. good (not bad)
  2. correct, right (factually or morally)
  3. all right, fine
  4. considerable (in amount or size)
  5. at least as much as
  6. given, certain (unknown, undetermined or unspecified) (used in prepositional phrases with op)

• Adv
• Noun
• Verb

in de gaten houden

1. to keep an eye on
2. to remember, to keep in mind