meelopen
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mee (“with”) + lopen (“to walk”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]meelopen
- (ergative) to accompany, to walk along
- Mijn dochter wilde niet alleen naar school lopen, dus ik besloot met haar mee te lopen.
- My daughter didn't want to walk to school alone, so I decided to walk with her.
- (intransitive, with "met") to toady, be a fellow traveller
- Je moet niet met die pestkop meelopen. ― You shouldn't toady to that bully.
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of meelopen (strong class 7, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | meelopen | |||
| past singular | liep mee | |||
| past participle | meegelopen | |||
| infinitive | meelopen | |||
| gerund | meelopen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | loop mee | liep mee | meeloop | meeliep |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | loopt mee, loop mee2 | liep mee | meeloopt | meeliep |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | loopt mee | liep mee | meeloopt | meeliep |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | loopt mee | liept mee | meeloopt | meeliept |
| 3rd person singular | loopt mee | liep mee | meeloopt | meeliep |
| plural | lopen mee | liepen mee | meelopen | meeliepen |
| subjunctive sing.1 | lope mee | liepe mee | meelope | meeliepe |
| subjunctive plur.1 | lopen mee | liepen mee | meelopen | meeliepen |
| imperative sing. | loop mee | |||
| imperative plur.1 | loopt mee | |||
| participles | meelopend | meegelopen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Negerhollands: loop mee