No. 425 in Dutch
verleden
"Verleden" means "past" in English.
In a sentence
Ik heb een reis naar Rome gemaakt in het verleden.
I made a trip to Rome in the past.
Here, 'verleden' is used as a noun meaning 'the past', referring to a past time period.
Hij heeft vergeten zijn werk verleden week af te maken.
He forgot to finish his work last week.
In this sentence, 'verleden week' uses 'verleden' as an adjective meaning 'last' to indicate the previous week.
Zij voelde zich triest toen ze over het verleden sprak.
She felt sad when she spoke about the past.
Here, 'verleden' is again a noun referring to 'the past', where it acts as the subject of reflection.
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