Questions & Answers about Anna wil morgen langskomen.
What exactly does wil mean here? Is it more like English will (future) or want?
In this sentence, wil means wants to, not will.
- Anna wil morgen langskomen.
→ Anna wants to come by tomorrow.
Dutch willen = to want, not to be going to / will (future).
For future meaning, Dutch usually uses:
- gaan: Anna gaat morgen langskomen. (Anna is going to come by tomorrow.)
- simple present with a time word: Anna komt morgen langs. (Anna is coming by / will come by tomorrow.)
Why isn’t there te before langskomen? Why not Anna wil morgen te langskomen?
With Dutch modal verbs (like kunnen, mogen, moeten, willen, zullen), you do not use te before the infinitive.
So:
- ✅ Anna wil morgen langskomen.
- ❌ Anna wil morgen te langskomen.
Other examples:
- Ik kan zwemmen. (I can swim.)
- We moeten vroeg opstaan. (We have to get up early.)
- Je mag binnenkomen. (You may come in.)