Grammatica - loco

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Verbs
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zich uitsloven to go to trouble (for someone)
zich verbeelden to imagine
zich verdiepen in to go (deeply) into (a problem/
issue)
zich vergissen to be mistaken
zich verhangen to hang oneself
zich verheugen op to look forward to
zich verkijken to make a mistake (in looking at s.t.)
zich verschrijven to make a mistake (in writing)
zich verslapen to sleep in (by mistake), oversleep
zich verslikken to choke, swallow (wrong way)
zich voordoen to happen, occur
zich voorstellen to imagine
Note that some of the above verbs can also be used as transitive verbs
(like those in 11.17.2) but then their meaning is quite different from that
given here:
herstellen to repair verdiepen to deepen
herinneren to remind voorstellen to introduce
Verbs in this group are never used with -zelf (see 11.17.3).
11.17.2
Transitive verbs that can be used reflexively
All the verbs in this group also occur as normal transitive verbs, e.g. Hij
verdedigde zich ‘He defended himself’, but also Het leger verdedigde de
stad ‘The army defended the town’. The verbs in this category are actually
too numerous to list in their entirety. For instance, one would not normally
call the verb verkopen ‘to sell’ a reflexive verb, but there can be occasions
when one might want to express ‘to sell oneself’ and this is rendered by
zich verkopen. The following list, although very limited, will serve to
illustrate. The verbs marked with an asterisk illustrate the problem involved
with Dutch reflexives—in English these verbs would seldom be reflexive.
zich aankleden* to dress (oneself), get dressed
zich amuseren to enjoy oneself
zich bewegen* to move
zich bezighouden met to busy oneself with