Zukunft

 

Future I

Aim of this topic is to speak about future events.

German	English
Ich werde nächste Woche meine Eltern treffen. Sie wird morgen nicht ins Cafe kommen. Wirst du sie wiedersehen?	I will meet my parents next week. She won't come to the cafe tomorrow. Will you see her again?

I've got good news. This is definitely the easiest grammar topic.

You form the Future I with a form of "werden" and the infinitive of the main verb. "werden" + "infinitive"

All you have to remember is the conjugation of the verb "werden":

Infinitiv	ich	du	er / sie / es	wir	ihr	sie / Sie
werden	werde	wirst	wird	werden	werdet	werden

examples:

• Ich werde ein Buch lesen. (I will read a book.)
• Du wirst das Examen bestehen. (You will pass the exam.)
• Er wird mich bald besuchen. (He will visit me soon.)
• Wir werden dich im Kino treffen. (We will meet you in the cinema.)
• Ihr werdet mich nicht fangen. (You won't catch me.)
• Sie werden das Visum bekommen. (You will get the visa.)

Are there different future forms like in English (will-future, going-to future ...)?

No! Fortunatelly, there is just one form to express the future and so German is here surely easier. In German we are not really strict when we speak about the future. Mostly we are careless and use the present tense.

examples:

• Ich werde morgen ins Kino gehen. (I will go to the cinema tomorrow.)
• Ich gehe morgen ins Kino. (I will go to the cinema tomorrow.)

The first sentence is proper German and grammatically correct. I, however, would use the second one to sound natural.
For now I want us to use the correct form. Later you can use the future or present tense to speak about the future.

word order

In statments: put the form of "werden" after the subject put the main verb at the very end of the sentence

In questions: put the form of "werden" after the question word put the main verb at the very end of the sentence If no question word excists the form of "werden" goes at the first position.

examples:

• Wann wirst du mich besuchen? (When are you going to visit me?)
• Wirst du mich besuchen? (Are you going to visit me?)

 

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