Ik ga morgen een tafel kopen.

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Breakdown of Ik ga morgen een tafel kopen.

• gaan: to go
• morgen: tomorrow
• de tafel: the table
• kopen: to buy

Questions & Answers about Ik ga morgen een tafel kopen.

Why is the verb kopen at the end of the sentence?

In Dutch sentences using the construction gaan + infinitive, the infinitive typically goes to the end. Since Ik ga ... indicates a future intention, kopen (the main verb) is placed at the end of the clause.

Why is it een tafel and not de tafel?

Een tafel uses the indefinite article een, meaning "a table", as we're talking about a nonspecific table. If you say de tafel, it would refer to "the table", a specific piece of furniture the listener would already know about.

How is morgen positioned in this sentence?

The word morgen (meaning "tomorrow") is placed right after ga to show time emphasis. You can typically place adverbs of time (like vandaag, morgen, straks) early in the sentence, often right after the conjugated verb.

Is the grammar the same if I change the time reference, like "Ik ga volgende week een tafel kopen"?

Yes, the structure remains the same. You can replace morgen with any other future time indicator (such as volgende week, overmorgen, or binnenkort) without changing the sentence structure.

Could I say Ik zal morgen een tafel kopen instead?

Yes, you could use zal to form a simple future tense, but Ik ga morgen een tafel kopen is more common in spoken Dutch to express future plans. Zal still sounds perfectly correct, just slightly more formal or direct.