rekenen ~ reckon

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I’ve just realised that Dutch rekenen and English reckon are closely related.

And as an extra, some  compound verbs with the same stem from vandale.nl:
afrekenen – settle (up), settle/pay one’s bill, settle one’s account(s): mag ik afrekenen?
aanrekenen – blame (for)
inrekenen – pull in, round up (Also see http://context.reverso.net/vertaling/nederlands-engels/inrekenen)
meerekenen – count (in)
narekenen – go over (again), check
omrekenen – convert (to), turn (into)
uitrekenen – calculate, compute
voorrekenen – figure out, work out

De basis van het rekenen

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A brief summary of the arithmetics in Dutch. Based on nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rekenen and examples from vandale.nl

machtsverheffen – raise to the power
worteltrekken – extraction of the root(s)

vermenigvuldigen – multiply
delen – divide
optellen – add
aftrekken – subtract

Examples:

  • honderd delen door tien – divide one hundred by ten
  • vermenigvuldig dat getal met 8 – multiply that number by 8
  • twee getallen (bij elkaar) optellen – add up two numbers
  • als je acht van veertien aftrekt houd je zes over – if you take eight from fourteen you have six left

mogen

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I found out that the verb “mogen” has three possible forms of past participle:

infinitive: mogen
imperfect: mocht / mochten
past participle: gemogen / gemocht / gemoogd 

Most people prefer to use gemogen, but all the three forms are valid and in use.

Based on “Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar” by Bruce Donaldson.