- I can talk about what happened in the past
If the verb ends in a short vowel (korte klinker) + one consonant (medeklinker),
you double that consonant when you add -ed.
(to stop) He stopped to take a picture.
(to grab) They grabbed the food off the floor.
If the verb ends in a consonant (medeklinker) + -y, you replace that -y with -ied.
(to try) The monkey tried to climb the tree.
(to cry) The player cried after losing the final.