21. The first preterite stem is used in the preterite , for the subjunctive ). 22. In German and Dutch it also remains in the present tense of the preterite presents. 23. The preterite is simpler in the sense that it uses one verb instead of two. 24. NB . The perfect is used in many cases where English would have a simple preterite . 25. As novels are written in preterite , the tense system is shifted and perfect becomes pluperfect. 26. Tenses ( present and preterite ). 27. The verb " zullen " is the most irregular of the preterite -presents. 28. The stem vowel of the indicative preterite singular is often different from that of the plural forms. 29. This is followed by the simple past tense ( preterite ), and then the past participle. 30. It has preterite and conditional forms, which are often used with present and imperfect meaning, respectively.
