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Talking about things you are going to do (future tense)
This page talks about the future tense. It might help you to know that the future tense in German is
formed exactly the same way as you form a sentence with an auxiliary. So when you read
this page, try to think parallel to the previous pages and the use of auxiliaries.
Until now, you were only able to talk about the present tense. In fact, the verb forms and endings
you learned for the regular verbs so far only apply to the present tense in German. If you want
to talk about past events or future events, things look differently.
The future tense is quite simple and totally equivalent to the English future
tense. Both, German and English, use an auxiliary (e.g. 'will') together with the infinitive of the main verb.
To build the future tense in German, you have to memorize the forms of the irregular auxiliary
'werden' (will/to become).
 werden (will/to become)
| Person | | Singular | | Plural |
| 1st | | ich werde | | wir werden | | 2nd | | du wirst | | ihr werdet | | 3rd | | er/sie/es wird | | sie werden |
To build the future tense in German, use a form of the irregular auxiliary 'werden' + the infinitive of the
main verb. While doing so, remember that the main verb will be placed at the very end of the sentence (exactly as with
the auxiliary 'möchten').
Once again, let's go back to our dialog from the very first page of this lesson (Theo and Mark were making
arrangements for going out that night). Read the dialog below once again, but note that this
time, the future tense in German is used as often as possible. Also note that the auxiliary 'werden'
as well as its main verbs (infinitives) are highlighted.
| Theodor (T): Hallo ? Behr am Apparat . | Hello. This is Mr. Behr. | | Mark ( M ): Hallo Theo. Ich bin es , Mark. | Hello Theo. It' s me, Mark. | | T: Hi Mark. Wie geht 's ? | Hi Mark. How is it going? | M : Gut , danke , und dir ? | Good, thanks. And you? | | T: Auch gut , danke . Was wirst du heute Abend machen? | I' m fine, too, thanks. What are you going to do tonight? | M : Ich werde in eine Bar gehen. Ich werde ein Bier trinken. | I will go to a bar. I'll drink a beer. | | T: Hmm, ich werde in ein Restaurant gehen und essen. | Hmm, I will go to a restaurant and eat. | M : Das ist auch ok. Ich bin dabei . | That' s ok, too. I'm in . | | J: Sehr gut , dann bis später . | Very well, I'll see you later then. | |
As you can see, you can use 'werden' in just the exact same way as you used 'möchten' before, since both
'werden' and 'möchten' are auxiliaries. Both require the main verb to be in the infinitive form and to
be placed at the very end of the sentence.
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Lesson 3
