afhandelen
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]afhandelen
- (transitive) to argue out, settle
- We moeten dit probleem zo snel mogelijk afhandelen voordat het erger wordt.
- We need to settle this problem as soon as possible before it gets worse.
- Ze hebben de kwestie achter gesloten deuren afgehandeld en zijn tot een compromis gekomen.
- They argued out the issue behind closed doors and reached a compromise.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of afhandelen (weak, separable) | ||||
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infinitive | afhandelen | |||
past singular | handelde af | |||
past participle | afgehandeld | |||
infinitive | afhandelen | |||
gerund | afhandelen n | |||
main clause | subordinate clause | |||
present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
1st person singular | handel af | handelde af | afhandel | afhandelde |
2nd person sing. (jij) | handelt af, handel af2 | handelde af | afhandelt | afhandelde |
2nd person sing. (u) | handelt af | handelde af | afhandelt | afhandelde |
2nd person sing. (gij) | handelt af | handelde af | afhandelt | afhandelde |
3rd person singular | handelt af | handelde af | afhandelt | afhandelde |
plural | handelen af | handelden af | afhandelen | afhandelden |
subjunctive sing.1 | handele af | handelde af | afhandele | afhandelde |
subjunctive plur.1 | handelen af | handelden af | afhandelen | afhandelden |
imperative sing. | handel af | |||
imperative plur.1 | handelt af | |||
participles | afhandelend | afgehandeld | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |