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The simple future

B2Verbs · lesson 76 of 79

For the future tense, we use the auxiliary verb [zullen](#/lesson/Verbs.Ir08) (will). At least, this is what we are taught at school. In every day's Dutch, we use other ways to express that an event takes place in the future.

[zullen](#/lesson/Verbs.Ir08) is an irregular verb.

ik | zal + infinitive | we | zullen + infinitive

je | zult/zal + infinitive | jullie | zullen + infinitive

hij | zal + infinitive | ze | zullen + infinitive

_Je zult_ and _je zal_ have the same meaning and both are equally correct. Some people prefer to use 'zult', others like 'zal' better.

Examples

praten | stem: praat | luisteren | stem: luister

ik | zal praten | ik | zal luisteren

je | zult/zal praten | je | zult/zal luisteren

hij | zal praten | hij | zal luisteren

we | zullen praten | we | zullen luisteren

jullie | zullen praten | jullie | zullen luisteren

ze | zullen praten | ze | zullen luisteren

vallen | stem: val | betalen | stem: betaal

ik | zal vallen | ik | zal betalen

je | zult/zal vallen | je | zult/zal betalen

hij | zal vallen | hij | zal betalen

we | zullen vallen | we | zullen betalen

jullie | zullen vallen | jullie | zullen betalen

ze | zullen vallen | ze | zullen betalen

It conjugates Dutch verbs for you in all eight tenses.

Note that the examples above give you the unstressed [personal pronouns](#/lesson/Pronouns.Ps01). Some pronouns change when they are stressed in a phrase: je/jij, we/wij, ze/zij (both singular and plural).

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