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gehuild met ‘hebben’ of ‘’zijn’?

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    Met "hebben". Bijvoorbeeld: "Hij heeft gehuild".

    Both are possible, but in different situations:

    Ik heb gehuild. (I have cried.)
    Er is gehuild. (There was crying.)

    In longer sentences:

    Ik heb gehuild bij de begrafenis. (I have cried at the funeral.)
    Er is gehuild bij de begrafenis. (There was crying at the funeral --> People cried at the funeral.)

    In the last case the verb "worden" can also be used instead of "zijn", like this:

    Er werd gehuild bij de begrafenis. (There was crying at the funeral --> People cried at the funeral.)

    The difference is not really evident, and many people use whichever they like.

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