Understand spoken Dutch

"was" Practice Dutch lesson

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Tom’s house was easy to find.

Tom zijn huis was gemakkelijk te vinden.

Towards evening it reached a small, shabby farm hut; it was so dilapidated that it did not know to which side it would fall, and that is why it stayed up

Tegen de avond bereikte het een kleine, armoedige boerenhut; deze was zo bouwvallig, dat zij zelf niet wist, naar welke kant zij zou vallen, en daarom bleef zij maar staan.

Was anyone hurt?

Was er iemand gewond?

Was that decision overdone?

Was die beslissing overdreven?

Was the book you were reading yesterday in French or English?

Was het boek dat je gisteren las in Frans of Engels?

What did Tom do while he was in Australia?

Wat heeft Tom gedaan terwijl hij in Australië was?

what they did was heroic

wat ze deden was heldhaftig

Why were you late for class?

Waarom was je te laat in de les?

Yanni knew his family was poor.

Yanni wist dat zijn familie arm was.

Yanni was always available for his friends.

Yanni was altijd beschikbaar voor zijn vrienden.

Yanni was always positive.

Yanni was altijd positief.

Yanni was decapitated.

Yanni was onthoofd.

Yanni was hospitalized.

Yanni was gehospitaliseerd.

Yanni was kind.

Yanni was vriendelijk.

Yanni was like a magnet.

Yanni was zoals een magneet.

Yanni was not happy.

Yanni was niet blij.

Yanni was parked illegally.

Yanni was illegaal geparkeerd.

Yanni was very drunk.

Yanni was erg dronken.

Yanni’s body was naked.

Yanni zijn lichaam was naakt.

Yes, it was really wonderful out there on the land!

Ja, het was werkelijk heerlijk daar buiten op het land!