Breakdown of Aanstaande zondag kijken we naar jullie in het theater.
jullie
you (plural)
in
in
naar
to
kijken
to watch
Questions & Answers about Aanstaande zondag kijken we naar jullie in het theater.
The English translation says "we will watch", but the Dutch sentence uses kijken. Why is there no future tense verb like zullen here?
In Dutch, it is very common to use the present tense for future plans as long as you include a time word. Because the sentence starts with Aanstaande zondag (This coming Sunday), the future meaning is already obvious. Therefore, the present tense kijken is used instead of zullen kijken.
Why is it kijken we instead of we kijken?
The sentence starts with the time phrase Aanstaande zondag. In Dutch, when you put anything other than the subject at the beginning of a sentence, the verb and subject swap places. This is called inversion. So, we kijken becomes kijken we.
Why is the word naar used after the verb here?
When you look at or watch something or someone in Dutch, you use the combination kijken naar. Even though we just say "watch you" in English without a preposition, Dutch requires naar, making it literally "look at you".
What does Aanstaande mean, and why does it end in an -e?
Aanstaande means "coming" or "next". It acts as an adjective describing zondag. Because days of the week are de words (de zondag), the adjective gets the standard -e ending.