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What ''zullen'' (to 'will') and ''kunnen'' (to be able, can) have in common is that they share the same irregular vowel change in the 1st and 3rd person of the [[Verbs.re07 | present tense.]]

''Zullen'' is the auxiliary verb we use for the [[Verbs.re17 | future tense]].

!! Zullen (will)

Simple present:
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(:table class='gray' width='90%' align='center' cellspacing='0':)
(:cellnr width='15%' class='conjug':)ik
(:cell width='35%' class='concolor':)zal
(:cell width='15%' class='conjug':)we
(:cell width='35%' class='concolor':)zullen
(:cellnr class='conjug':)je
(:cell class='concolor':)zal/zult*
(:cell class='conjug':)jullie
(:cell class='concolor':)zullen
(:cellnr class='conjug':)hij
(:cell class='concolor':)zal
(:cell class='conjug':)ze
(:cell class='concolor':)zullen
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Simple past:
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(:table class='gray' width='90%' align='center' cellspacing='0':)
(:cellnr width='15%' class='conjug':)ik
(:cell width='35%' class='concolor':)zou
(:cell width='15%' class='conjug':)we
(:cell width='35%' class='concolor':)zouden
(:cellnr class='conjug':)je
(:cell class='concolor':)zou
(:cell class='conjug':)jullie
(:cell class='concolor':)zouden
(:cellnr class='conjug':)hij
(:cell class='concolor':)zou
(:cell class='conjug':)ze
(:cell class='concolor':)zouden
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Past participle: '''gezuld'''**

(*) Je ''zult'' and je ''zal'' are both correct.
(**) You will rarely come across the  past participle 'gezuld'. Zullen is used as an auxiliary verb for the future tense. This means it always precedes (supports) another verb. When a  [[Verbs.au05 | past participle acts as an auxiliary for another verb, it turns into an infinitive]]. 

Note the similarities between ''zullen'' and ''kunnen:''

!! Kunnen (can)

Simple present:
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(:table class='gray' width='90%' align='center' cellspacing='0':)
(:cellnr width='15%' class='conjug':)ik
(:cell width='35%' class='concolor':)kan
(:cell width='15%' class='conjug':)we
(:cell width='35%' class='concolor':)kunnen
(:cellnr class='conjug':)je
(:cell class='concolor':)kan/kunt*
(:cell class='conjug':)jullie
(:cell class='concolor':)kunnen
(:cellnr class='conjug':)hij
(:cell class='concolor':)kan
(:cell class='conjug':)ze
(:cell class='concolor':)kunnen
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Simple past:
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(:table class='gray' width='90%' align='center' cellspacing='0':)
(:cellnr width='15%' class='conjug':)ik
(:cell width='35%' class='concolor':)kon
(:cell width='15%' class='conjug':)we
(:cell width='35%' class='concolor':)konden
(:cellnr class='conjug':)je
(:cell class='concolor':)kon
(:cell class='conjug':)jullie
(:cell class='concolor':)konden
(:cellnr class='conjug':)hij
(:cell class='concolor':)kon
(:cell class='conjug':)ze
(:cell class='concolor':)konden
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Past participle: '''gekund'''

(*) Je ''kunt'' and je ''kan'' are both correct.

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Note that the examples above give you the unstressed  [[Pronouns.ps01 | personal pronouns]]. Some pronouns change when they are stressed in a phrase: je/jij, we/wij, ze/zij (both singular and plural). 
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