Belgian Dutch reference

moeten

to have to, must

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Dutch as used in Belgium, with separate jij / je, gij / ge and u rows. Alternatives are retained where supplied.

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Indicative

Present

moeten: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI have to (do something)
jij / jeyou have to (do something)
gij / geyou (Flemish) have to (do something)
uyou (formal) have to (do something)
hij / zij / hethe/she/it has to (do something)
wij / wewe have to (do something)
jullieyou (plural) have to (do something)
zij / zethey have to (do something)

Simple past

moeten: Simple past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI had to (do something)
jij / jeyou had to (do something)
gij / geyou (Flemish) had to (do something)
uyou (formal) had to (do something)
hij / zij / hethe/she/it had to (do something)
wij / wewe had to (do something)
jullieyou (plural) had to (do something)
zij / zethey had to (do something)

Compound past

moeten: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI had to (do something); I have had to (do something)
jij / jeyou had to (do something); you have had to (do something)
gij / geyou (Flemish) had to (do something); you (Flemish) have had to (do something)
uyou (formal) had to (do something); you (formal) have had to (do something)
hij / zij / hethe/she/it had to (do something); he/she/it has had to (do something)
wij / wewe had to (do something); we have had to (do something)
jullieyou (plural) had to (do something); you (plural) have had to (do something)
zij / zethey had to (do something); they have had to (do something)

Past perfect

moeten: Past perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI had had to (do something)
jij / jeyou had had to (do something)
gij / geyou (Flemish) had had to (do something)
uyou (formal) had had to (do something)
hij / zij / hethe/she/it had had to (do something)
wij / wewe had had to (do something)
jullieyou (plural) had had to (do something)
zij / zethey had had to (do something)

Future

moeten: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will have to (do something)
jij / jeyou will have to (do something)
gij / geyou (Flemish) will have to (do something)
uyou (formal) will have to (do something)
hij / zij / hethe/she/it will have to (do something)
wij / wewe will have to (do something)
jullieyou (plural) will have to (do something)
zij / zethey will have to (do something)

Future perfect

moeten: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI will have had to (do something)
jij / jeyou will have had to (do something)
gij / geyou (Flemish) will have had to (do something)
uyou (formal) will have had to (do something)
hij / zij / hethe/she/it will have had to (do something)
wij / wewe will have had to (do something)
jullieyou (plural) will have had to (do something)
zij / zethey will have had to (do something)

Future (gaan)

moeten: Future (gaan)
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI am going to have to (do something)
jij / jeyou are going to have to (do something)
gij / geyou (Flemish) are going to have to (do something)
uyou (formal) are going to have to (do something)
hij / zij / hethe/she/it is going to have to (do something)
wij / wewe are going to have to (do something)
jullieyou (plural) are going to have to (do something)
zij / zethey are going to have to (do something)

Conditional

Conditional

moeten: Conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would have to (do something)
jij / jeyou would have to (do something)
gij / geyou (Flemish) would have to (do something)
uyou (formal) would have to (do something)
hij / zij / hethe/she/it would have to (do something)
wij / wewe would have to (do something)
jullieyou (plural) would have to (do something)
zij / zethey would have to (do something)

Conditional perfect

moeten: Conditional perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ikI would have had to (do something)
jij / jeyou would have had to (do something)
gij / geyou (Flemish) would have had to (do something)
uyou (formal) would have had to (do something)
hij / zij / hethe/she/it would have had to (do something)
wij / wewe would have had to (do something)
jullieyou (plural) would have had to (do something)
zij / zethey would have had to (do something)

Additional forms

Infinitive with te
Past participle

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