Talk:kunnen

"When the order of jij (or the unstressed form je) and kan is reversed, the vowel of the stem transfers back to its original one (u instead of a). Compare Jij kan (you are able) with Kun jij (are you able). A t is placed behind the stem when the polite form u is used (also in this case the vowel of the stem is u instead of a, as it is with the above-mentioned non-polite form), which makes Kunt u."

Not true..at least not entirely. You can say "Ey, kan jij ff die gordijnen dicht doen?"

I came here to say that whenever you hear someone say "ken je lachen!" (usage is not limited to that 1 phrase though :P), 'ken' means 'kan'. some people always say that. :) 81.68.255.36 10:25, 13 August 2010 (UTC)