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←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  11:08, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Translating Dutch passive verbs
Be careful with how you translate zijn and waren. Typically, the first corresponds to English has/have been, the second to had been. Het ei is gekookt. — The egg has been boiled. De huizen waren nog niet gebouwd. — The houses had not been built yet. (though in this case were is often also possible depending on context, and it is sometimes mandatory, e.g. with some past temporal adverbs) ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  11:08, 5 November 2019 (UTC)