Translation?
- Ik ben aan het slapen.
Meaning?
- I am sleeping.
Sleeping
Let’s imagine that I am in bed. I am sleeping. Now, because it is happening. I get a call. The call is from a friend. And I pick the call up. The friend asks me what I am doing. I want to tell them that I am sleeping. What phrase would I use to tell them in Dutch? That is right, I will use the above Dutch phrase.
Vocabulary
| Dutch | English | |
| 1 | Ik | I |
| 2 | Ben | Am |
| 3 | Aan | At |
| 4 | Het | It |
| 5 | Slapen | Sleeping |
People
What phrase can I use to tell them what I am doing right now in Dutch? That is right, I will use the above Dutch phrase to express what I am doing. In English, it is called the “present continuous” because the event is happening right now.
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