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"swam (plural)" Practice Lesson
"swam (plural)" Practice Dutch lesson
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They clapped their wings, and swam proudly in the water.
Zij klapten met hun vleugels en zwommen fier in het water.
And the swans swam around him and stroked him with their beaks.
En de zwanen zwommen om hem heen en streelden hem met hun snavels.
She rarely got visitors, because the other ducks preferred to swim in the canal, than to come out of the water to talk to her.
Daarbij kreeg zij zelden bezoek, want de andere eenden zwommen liever in de gracht rond, dan dat zij eens uit het water kwamen om met haar te praten.
“Quack, Quack!” they said, and one duckling after the other plunged into the water; the water splashed around their heads, and they dived under briefly, but soon they came up again and swam excellently.
“Kwak, kwak!” zeide zij, en het ene eendje na het andere plofte er nu ook in; het water spatte hun om de kop, en zij doken even onder, maar kwamen al spoedig weer boven en zwommen uitmuntend.