"were" Practice Dutch lesson

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	There were a lot of flies.	Er waren veel vliegen.
	There were a lot of mosquitoes.	Er waren veel muggen.
	There were enough princesses; but he could not find out if they were real princesses.	Prinsessen waren er genoeg; maar of het echte prinsessen waren, kon hij niet te weten komen.
	they were	zij waren
	They were bright white and had long, flexible necks: they were swans	Zij waren spierwit en hadden lange, buigzame halzen: het waren zwanen
	They were sleeping.	Ze waren aan het slapen.
	Thousands of lights were burning upon the green branches and coloured pictures, like those she had seen in the show-windows, looking down upon her.	Duizenden lichten brandden er op de groene takken, en bonte prenten, zoals die, welke er voor de winkelramen te zien waren, zagen op haar neer.
	Tom said that all his friends were drunk.	Tom zei dat al zijn vrienden dronken waren.
	we were	wij waren
	We were in love.	We waren verliefd.
	We were just being honest.	We waren alleen maar eerlijk.
	were	waren
	Yanni and Skura were happy together.	Yanni en Skura waren gelukkig samen.
	you were (plural)	jullie waren
	“I have also been fooled like that and it caused me a lot of work with my young ones, because they were afraid of the water.”	“Ik ben ook eens zo beetgenomen en had toen heel wat werk met mijn jongen, want zij waren bang voor het water!”
	“Look at that! Now we wil get additional ones, as if we are not enough already! And gosh! that one duckling looks so ugly! We don’t want that here! ”	“Kijk eens! Nu moeten wij nog het aanhangsel krijgen, alsof wij al niet talrijk genoeg waren! En foei! wat ziet dat ene eendje er uit! Dat willen wij hier niet hebben!”