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Grammar Lab · Present perfect vs past simple
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Quick explain
- • Past simple: je zegt (of denkt) wánneer het gebeurde — yesterday, in 2020, last week.
- • Present perfect: het tijdstip doet niet mee. Het gaat om ervaring, nieuws of iets dat nu nog telt.
- • Signaalwoorden helpen: ever, never, just, already, yet, since, for → present perfect.
did you see ●(toen) | have you seen ●───► (ooit / tot nu)
Vorm
Positief
I saw it yesterday. / I have seen it.
Ontkennend
I didn't see it. / I haven't seen it.
Vraag
Did you see it? / Have you seen it?
Examples
- I have been to Paris. → ervaring, wanneer doet niet mee
- I went to Paris in 2022. → duidelijk tijdstip
- She has lost her keys. → ze zoekt nog
- She lost her keys yesterday, but she found them.
Signaalwoorden: past simple: yesterday, ago, last night, in 2018 · present perfect: ever, never, just, already, yet, since, for
Dutch alert
Yesterday I have seen my friend.
Yesterday I saw my friend.
Yesterday is een tijdstip in het verleden → past simple.
I know her for three years.
I have known her for three years.
For + nu nog zo → present perfect. In het Nederlands zeg je 'ik ken haar al drie jaar'.
Did you ever be in Scotland?
Have you ever been to Scotland?
Ever hoort bij de present perfect en na been komt to.