gaanbrengen

Gaanbrengen is in standard Dutch not treated as a single verb, but rather as a periphrastic future construction formed with the auxiliary gaan and the main verb brengen. In normal spelling it is written as two separate words: gaan brengen. The phrase is used to indicate a plan, intention, or near-future action of bringing something or conveying something to someone or somewhere.

Usage and examples

The two-word form is used to express what someone is going to do in the near future. Examples: Ik ga het boek morgen brengen. We gaan het pakket vandaag brengen. Zij gaat haar verhaal brengen. In more abstract or evaluative contexts, gaan brengen can mean that something will bring about a certain result, as in Dit besluit gaat veel goeds brengen, meaning this decision will bring many benefits.

Grammar and style

Gaan is conjugated for the subject, while brengen remains in the bare infinitive after the finite form. The usual word order is Subject + gaat/ga + object (if any) + infinitive (brengen). In questions and negations the same periphrastic structure applies: Gaat hij het morgen brengen? Ik ga het niet brengen. Voorzetsels or pronouns can be placed before the infinitive, as in Ik ga het morgen brengen. The form is two words in formal and standard writing; occasional informal texts may drop spacing or fuse the words, but such spellings are nonstandard.

See also

Gaan (auxiliary verb), brengen, Dutch periphrastic future.