Editing Dutch grammar (section)

====Future====

Although the present tense can be used to indicate future events, there is also a more explicit future tense in Dutch. It is formed using the auxiliary {{lang|nl|zullen}} ("will, shall, be going to"), which can be conjugated in both present and past tense. The "past future" carries a sense having pledged or promised to do something, or having been expected to do it, much as "was/were going to" does in English.

* {{lang|nl|Ik '''zal''' het morgen doen.}} ("I '''will''' do it tomorrow." or "I '''am going to''' do it tomorrow.")
* {{lang|nl|Je '''zou''' gisteren de ramen schoonmaken!}} ("You '''were going to''' clean the windows yesterday!")

An alternative future tense is formed using {{lang|nl|gaan}} ("to go") as the auxiliary. It is used in its literal meaning to indicate that one is moving to a place to perform an action, or is intending to do so ("be going to go"). More generally, it can indicate any kind of intention or plan to perform the action. It can also imply the start of an action in the future.

* {{lang|nl|Ik '''ga''' morgen met mijn vriendinnen winkelen.}} ("I'm '''going to go''' shopping with my friends tomorrow.")
* {{lang|nl|Voor vandaag is het werk klaar; morgen '''gaan''' ze verder werken.}} ("For today the work is done; tomorrow they're '''going to''' continue working.")
* {{lang|nl|Het '''gaat''' zo hard regenen.}} ("It's '''going to start''' raining hard in a moment.")