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"had to (singular)" in Dutch

moest

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Summary

The Dutch translation for “had to (singular)” is moest.

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must (plural)

moeten
must (singular)

moet
must (infinitive)

moeten

Examples of "had to" in use

There are 21 examples of the Dutch word for "had to" being used:
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I had to

ik moest
he had to

hij moest
you had to

jij moest
Yanni knew what he had to do.

Yanni wist wat hij moest doen.
The princess now had to lie there all night.

Daar moest de prinses nu de hele nacht op liggen.
Tom told me to wait here.

Tom zei dat ik hier moest wachten.
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but it had to be a real princess.

Er was eens een prins, die met een prinses wilde trouwen; maar het moest een echte prinses zijn.
The government had to alter its foreign policy.

De overheid moest zijn buitenlands beleid wijzigen.
He actually had to turn a beetle into a button.

Hij moest eigenlijk een kever in een knoop veranderen
My flight was supposed to arrive at 2:30 p.m.

Mijn vlucht moest normaal om half drie ’s middags aankomen.

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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.,
But to tell all the distress and misery the duckling had to endure in that harsh winter would be too dire.,
He actually had to turn a beetle into a button.,
he had to,
he laughed so much that he could hardly move,
I had to,
In the middle of this there was a duck in her nest, who had to hatch her young; but it almost bored her, it took so long, before the ducklings hatched.,
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but it had to be a real princess.,
the duckling had to paddle constantly with his legs, to keep the space from closing up,
The duckling had to swim around in the water, to prevend it from freezing completely,
The ducks bit it, and the chickens pinched it, and the girl who fed the beasts kicked it.,
The princess now had to lie there all night.,
The storm roared around the duckling so bad that it had to sit down so it would not blow over.,
Tom told me to wait here.,
Yanni knew what he had to do.,
you had to
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Leslie Van Ael