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"You should have seen that bird!"
Translation:Je zou die vogel moeten hebben gezien!
3 years ago
10 Comments
glossboss
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Dutchgrammar.com gives "had moeten +infinitive", not "zou moeten hebben +past participle", as the translation of "should have"...
http://www.dutchgrammar.com/en/?n=Verbs.Re24
So this sentence would be: Je had die vogel moeten zien!
Is this correct?
3 years ago
It is, only not for a listening exercise due to the difference in pronunciation.
2 years ago
Why is "Je ZOU die vogel moeten zien" not accepted? I thought this whole chapter was on zou...
2 years ago
Raahiba
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That's a different tense: 'You should see that bird'.
'Je zou die vogel moeten hebben gezien' = 'You should have seen that bird'
2 years ago