Wanneer gebruik je would?
Would gebruik je in verschillende omstandigheden:
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In de verleden tijd van will (“zou”) / om over verleden tijd te praten
I would have went to the gym but it was too cold outside. | Ik zou naar de gym geweest zijn maar het was te koud buiten. |
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Om een beleefd verzoek te formuleren
Would you stay with me? | Zou je bij mij willen blijven? |
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In de vraag “would you like to ..?”
Would you like to go to my room? | Zou je naar mijn kamer willen gaan? |
Present conditional (in de tegenwoordige tijd)
Bevestigend |
Ontkennend |
Vragend |
I would look | I would not look | Would I look? |
Ik zou kijken | Ik zou niet kijken | Zou ik kijken? |
You would look | You would not look | Would you look? |
He would look | He would not look | Would he look? |
We would look | We would not look | Would we look? |
They would look | They would not look | Would they look? |
Voorbeeldzin:
She would love to live in a small town. – Ze zou ervan houden om in een klein dorp te wonen.
Past conditional (in de verleden tijd)
Formule past contiditional =
- would (not) have
- + voltooid deelwoord van het hoofdwerkwoord
Bevestigend |
Ontkennend |
I would have looked | I would not have looked |
Ik zou gekeken hebben | Ik zou niet gekeken hebben |
You would have looked | You would not have looked |
He would have looked | He would not have looked |
We would have looked | We would not have looked |
They would have looked | They would not have looked |
Voorbeeldzin:
I would have went to the gym but it was too cold outside – Ik zou naar de gym zijn geweest maar het was te koud buiten.
Inhoudstafel
Werkwoorden |
Hulpwerkwoorden |
Present Simple |
Present Continuous |
Toekomende tijd |
Past Simple |
Present Perfect |
Past Perfect |
Voorwaardelijke wijs |
Passieve vorm |
Can en must |
Onregelmatige werkwoorden |