liplezen
Dutch
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Verb
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- to read lips
- Haar slechthorende vriend kon goed liplezen om te begrijpen wat er werd gezegd.
- Her hard-of-hearing friend could read lips well to understand what was being said.
- In lawaaierige omgevingen kan het handig zijn om te kunnen liplezen om elkaar te verstaan.
- In noisy environments, it can be useful to be able to read lips to understand each other.
- De dove acteur had geleerd om zijn teksten te liplezen zodat hij kon meespelen in films en tv-shows.
- The deaf actor had learned to read lips so he could act in movies and TV shows.
Usage notes
edit- This word is mostly used in its infinitive form to mean lip reading and hence uses the definite article het. Other forms are sporadically attested.
Conjugation
edit| Conjugation of liplezen (strong class 5, separable) | ||||
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| infinitive | liplezen | |||
| past singular | las lip | |||
| past participle | lipgelezen | |||
| infinitive | liplezen | |||
| gerund | liplezen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | lees lip | las lip | liplees | liplas |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | leest lip, lees lip2 | las lip | lipleest | liplas |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | leest lip | las lip | lipleest | liplas |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | leest lip | laast lip | lipleest | liplaast |
| 3rd person singular | leest lip | las lip | lipleest | liplas |
| plural | lezen lip | lazen lip | liplezen | liplazen |
| subjunctive sing.1 | leze lip | laze lip | lipleze | liplaze |
| subjunctive plur.1 | lezen lip | lazen lip | liplezen | liplazen |
| imperative sing. | lees lip | |||
| imperative plur.1 | leest lip | |||
| participles | liplezend | lipgelezen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
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