How To Use “Having” In Dutch

You are first going to learn the present tense of “having” (hebben) in Dutch. We will explore the singular form. We will look at the plural form. We will then examine the first person. The informal second person is used to address friends.

Singular

	Dutch		English
1	Hebben.		Having.
2	Ik heb.		I have.
3	Jij heb.	Informal	You have.
4	U heeft	Formal	You have.
5	Hij heeft.		He has.
6	Zij heeft.		She has.
7	Het heeft.		It has.

The formal second person is used to address strangers, elderly and bosses. You will learn how to use it with the masculine form. You find out how it is used with the feminine form. And you will see how it is used with an object in Dutch.

Plural

	Dutch		English
8	Wij hebben.		We have.
9	Jullie hebben.	Informal	You have.
10	U hebt.	Formal	You have.
11	Zij hebben.		They have.

Question

Now, from the tables above, you have learned how to say, “I have.” “ You have.” “ They have.” Next, the question becomes, how do you turn them into questions? You switch them around. Heb ik? – Have I? I will follow up with another post for asking questions with “having” in Dutch.