No. 289 in Dutch
proberen
To try.
In a sentence
Ik zal het proberen in twee minuten uit te leggen.
I will try to explain it in two minutes.
The word 'proberen' is used here to indicate an attempt or effort to perform an action, in this case, explaining.
Hij wil proberen om een nieuwe hobby te vinden die hem interesseert.
He wants to try to find a new hobby that interests him.
In this sentence, 'proberen' is paired with 'om' and an infinitive, showing an intention or wish to experiment or test the action that follows.
We hebben geprobeerd om het zonder instructies te monteren.
We tried to assemble it without instructions.
Here 'proberen' is used in the past tense to indicate a completed action where an effort or attempt was made to achieve something.
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