A quick very lazy question:
I just opened page 150 of "Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar" (B. Donaldson, Routledge and it's not quite clear from the info in the book when this version is printed)
And so there's a list of verbs but instead of the usual do-did-done, go-went-gone and so on pattern (i.e. present-preterite-past participle), there are four forms for each verb here:
bijten-beet-beten-gebeten
lijden-leed-leden-geleden
schrijven-schreef-schreven-geschreven
druipen-droop-dropen-gedropen
slupen-sloop-slopen-geslopen
verdrieten-verdroot-verdoten-verdroten
blinken-blonk-blonken-geblonken
klinken-klonk-klonken-geklonken
verzwelgen-verzwolg-verzwolgen-verzwolgen
vergeten-vergat-vergaten-vergeten
slaan-sloegslogen-geslagen
varen-voer-voeren-gevaren
laden-laadde-laadden-geladen
raden-raadde-raadden-geraden
zweren-zweerde-zweerden-gezworen
jagen-joeg-joegen-gejaagd
And so on I guess I quoted way to many but they were just way too interesting so I kept looking at them and quoting them
So it's pretty obvious the first is the present and the second the preterite as usual, but what is the difference between the third and fourth forms?