A2 · Lesson 64 · Travel

Travelling

Trains, planes, tickets and delays.

Grammar

Separable verbs in the past and with modals

In the perfect tense, ge- goes between the prefix and the verb: overstappen → overgestapt, aankomen → aangekomen.
With a modal verb the separable verb stays together at the end: Ik moet in Utrecht overstappen.
Movement verbs like vertrekken and aankomen use zijn: De trein is vertrokken.

Vocabulary