gaan |
1. v. (intransitive) To move from one place to another; to go. | |
Ik ga naar het strand. — I'm going to the beach. | |
Die auto gaat nergens naartoe. — That car isn't going anywhere. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To leave or depart, to move away. | |
Morgen gaan ze weer. — They're leaving again tomorrow. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To lead (in a direction). | |
Deze weg gaat helemaal naar Limburg. — This road goes all the way to Limburg. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To proceed (well or poorly). | |
Dat ging goed. — That went well. | |
Hoe gaat het? — How is it going? | |
Dat gaat niet. — That won't work. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with an infinitive. | |
Het gaat toch niet werken. — It will not work anyway. | |
Note: zullen is also used for the future tense, instead of gaan. | |
6. v. (auxiliary) To start to, begin to, to be going to | |
De zon gaat weer schijnen. — The sun is starting to shine again. | |
Ik ga slapen. — I'm going to sleep. | |
Het gaat zo regenen. — It's going to start raining soon. | |