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This is a bit harder! After you try to translate the sentence, guess what type of future is presented! 

The options are: Prediction, Hope, Assumption!

Mrs. Purrplexed wants to play!

Future with " Werden " 

"Werden" with modal verbs

When used in a sentence with modal verbs, “weden” it’s like any other verb:

She wants to become a teacher next year.

*She is going to become a teacher next year.

 Simple future in German

 I.Theory and definition: Simple future in German

(Hopefully)  I won’t leave the country today.

Assumption: You won’t sleep tomorrow.

Assumption:  He/She will  be healthy soon

(Hopefully): We won’t go to school today.

Prediction/ assumption: You will live there.

Assumption, prediction: They won’t work on Monday.

Assumption: You won’t be sick.

We want to become lawyers next year.

You don’t  want to become volunteers.

You can become a president!

We use Future simple here because we may assume that something happened to her (she got accepted to a foreign university or for other reasons).

She is going to leave the country next year. 

Position of Werden

Werden is also a verb with its own meaning: “to become”.

Table 1: Future forms in german

I’m going to become a teacher next year. 

You’ll become a doctor this month

He/She is turning 18 years old tomorrow

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When we build the Future 1 by using “werden”, it always comes on the first position:

*If this table doesn't display right, please turn your phone horrizontaly !

Saying “Ich werde heute Schach spielen” sounds very strange and “dramatic” because we don’t make any assumptions, predictions or talk about serious events. We say instead: “Ich spiele heute Schach”

Mr Puddles gives you a tip!

Take your chance and try to guess what these  sentences mean!

Mrs. Purrplexed wants to play!

To become

✔️   Practical examples. Look at these sentences and understand the parts of the speech. Try to feel the structure! After that, play with Mrs. Purrplexed!

V. Let's practice! - Simple future in German

Mr. Puddle: Don’t worry! “Werden” always stays in the first position when it has the meaning of “to become” or in the simple future. In the other case, the modals are the “pushy verbs”, so every time you see a modal verb, “werden” and all the verbs “are pushed” to the end of sentence.

Mr. Puddle:  Alles gute zum Geburtstag! Please don’t forget the forms: “wird” is used for er/sie/es, while for the 1st person (Ich) we use “werde”.

Lady Hairball: Es ist klar! Danke!

Lady Hairball:: Es tut mir leid! (I’m sorry) It’s still unclear for me the position of “werden..

Lady Hairball: Ich wird morgen 18 Jahre alt!

IV. Purrrfection explained! - Simple future in German

Always use:

Present tense when speaking casually about your plans 

Future simple (with werden) when making assumptions or predictions, express hopes and talk about serious events

As long as you make the distinction between plans (present tense) and assumptions, predictions, hopes, events (werden), you’ll be a master of the simple future !

 III.  Tips & Tricks : How to learn them easily? - Simple future in German

II.  Practical examples - Simple future in German

We previously learned that Germans often speak casually about the future by using the present tense:

Ich fahre nächste Woche nach Deutschland. 

I will/am going to drive to Germany next week.

Simple future, commonly referred as Future 1, is used to express:

✔️ Assumptions

✔️ Events with serious consequences 

✔️ Predictions about the future

✔️ Hopes (often used + nicht)

It’s an irregular verb:

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