Dutch Verb 'Zullen' (shall/will)

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'Zullen'

is the auxiliary verb for the future tense in Dutch. See the future tense page - also for sample sentences.

simple present tense
(zullen )		shall/will
ik zal		I will/shall
jij zult		you will (singular, informal you)
hij zal		he will
wij zullen		we will/shall
jullie zullen		you will (plural, informal you)
zij zullen		they will
U zult		you will (polite you)

Jij zal

2 ('you will') and U zal are also said
Note that there is no T in jij zal and hij zal Zul je voorzichtig zijn?

2 Will you be careful?

simple present question mode
zal ik?		will/shall I?
zul jij?		will you?
zal hij?		will he?
zullen wij?		will/shall we?
zullen jullie?		will y'all?
zullen zij?		will they?
zult U?		will you?

zal jij?

('will you?') is also an acceptable variation

There is no past participle gezuld, but there is a past tense like
ik had zullen ... I would have ... - more

See the future tense page for sample sentences.

An old form of 'zullen' is still found in the Bible. It's an imperative.

Gij zult niet doden 2 Thou shalt not kill

Gij zult niet stelen Thou shalt not steal

Gij zult de meerderheid in het kwade niet volgen 2 3 ['Thou shalt not follow the majority into evil']
Do not follow the majority when they do wrong

In modern Northern Dutch, 'gij' 2 and 'ge' are like English 'thou' - but in Flemish they're still in common use.