- Zero conditional sentences express general truths (waarheden) or known facts (feiten).
- First conditional sentences express possible future events (mogelijke toekomstige gebeurtenissen) or actions (acties/daden) that are likely to happen.
- Second conditional sentences express unlikely or unrealistic future events (onwaarschijnlijke of unrealistische toekomstige gebeurtenissen).
- Third conditional sentences express hypothetical past outcomes or consequences (hypotetische verleden uitkomsten en consequenties).