| Cadeau (Present) "button" | I | button | |
| Onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd (Present Continuous) "button" | I | am buttoning | |
| Onvoltooid verleden tijd (Simple past) "button" | I | buttoned | |
| Onvoltooid verleden tijd (Past Continuous) "button" | I | was buttoning | |
| Voltooid tegenwoordige tijd (Present perfect) "button" | I | have buttoned | |
| Tegenwoordige tijd continue (Present perfect continuous) "button" | I | have been buttoning | |
| Voltooid verleden tijd (Past perfect) "button" | I | had buttoned | |
| Past perfect continue (Past perfect continuous) "button" | I | had been buttoning | |
| Toekomst (Future) "button" | I | will button | |
| Future continue (Future continuous) "button" | I | will be buttoning | |
| Toekomst perfect (Future perfect) "button" | I | will have buttoned | |
| Future perfect continue (Future perfect continuous) "button" | I | will have been buttoning |