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"could (singular)" in Dutch

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The Dutch translation for “could (singular)” is kon.

Examples of "could" in use

There are 39 examples of the Dutch word for "could" being used:
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It was the only thing I could do. Het was het enige ding dat ik kon doen.
I couldn’t anticipate that that would happen. Ik kon niet voorzien dat dat zou gebeuren.
She was hungry enough to eat anything. Ze had zoveel honger dat ze eender wat kon eten.
She wasn’t able to meet him. Ze kon hem niet ontmoeten.
I had no idea that you could cook so well. Ik wist niet dat je zo goed kon koken.
Tom couldn’t tell one twin from the other. Tom kon de tweeling niet uit elkaar houden.
The driver went berserk when he couldn’t find his keys. De chauffeur ging door het lint toen hij zijn sleutels niet kon vinden.
She couldn’t squat for long. Ze kon niet lang hurken.
He studied hard so that he could succeed. Hij leerde hard zodat hij kon slagen.
Tom wasn’t able to hide his excitement. Tom kon zijn opwinding niet verbergen.

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And the tomcat, whom she called her son, could arch his back and purr; he even gave sparks, but then one had to stroke his hair the wrong direction.,
and then he began to feel such a great longing for a swim on the water, that he could not help telling the hen.,
before he could say anything else,
Bob could not control his anger.,
Do you ever wish you could experience something ‘for the first time’ again?,
First later on the day it became quiet; but the poor duckling did not dare to get up yet; it waited several hours more, before it turned around, and then it rushed out of the swamp as fast as it could.,
He asked me whether I could do him a favour.,
He laughed so much that he could hardly move.,
He studied hard so that he could succeed.,
I couldn't get them in; no matter how much it quacked, it didn't help me!,
I couldn’t anticipate that that would happen.,
I couldn’t find anybody.,
I didn’t know that Tom couldn’t speak French.,
I had no idea that you could cook so well.,
I was a child, how could I know that that would pass forever,
I wish you could make it into something else,
if only it could get the permit to lie in the reeds,
It was happy that the door was open and that it could slip out among the bushes into the newly fallen snow.,
It was the only thing I could do.,
No one else could be so sensitive than a true princess.
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Joe van der Lee