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'Aan het' + infinitive

A2Verbs · lesson 18 of 79

If we want to use the 'aan het' continuous tense, we use: _zijn + aan het_ \+ infinitive.

hij is vrolijk aan het zingen | he is cheerfully singing

wij zijn vrolijk aan het praten | we are cheerfully talking

For a more detailed explanation of this construction, see the ['aan het' continuous](#/lesson/Verbs.Ot02).

Transitive verbs and the bare infinitive Summarizing the auxiliary verbs
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