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3 Dec 2022
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Dutch
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What is the difference between de werkwoord "Pakken" and "Halen" and "Nemen"?? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between de werkwoord "Pakken" and "Halen" and "Nemen"?? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
when it is correct to use each one ?
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Halen = you go somewhere, take something and bring it back
* Ik haal brood in de supermarkt.
* Ik haal de kinderen van school.
Nemen = you take something, into your hands or in another way.
* Ik neem een koekje.
* Ik neem de bus.
* Ik neem les.
* Ik neem vakantie.
Pakken = you take something into your hands.
* Ik pak een koekje.
Informally also:
* Ik pak de bus.
Pakken = to arrest (a thief)
* De politie pakt de dief. (only 'pakken')
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