Word
We zullen een medicijn voor de ziekte hebben gevonden.
Meaning
We will have found a medicine for the disease.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of We zullen een medicijn voor de ziekte hebben gevonden.
een
a/an
hebben
to have
vinden
to find
zullen
shall / will
Questions & Answers about We zullen een medicijn voor de ziekte hebben gevonden.
Why are both hebben and gevonden at the very end of the sentence?
In Dutch, the future perfect tense is made using zullen (will) plus the perfect infinitive (have done/found). Because zullen is the conjugated verb, it takes the normal second position in the sentence. This pushes all other verbs to the very end, forming a verb pile with the helping verb hebben and the past participle gevonden.
Could I change the order at the end and say gevonden hebben?
Yes, absolutely! When you have a helping verb (like hebben or zijn) and a past participle (like gevonden) grouped at the end of a sentence, their order is flexible. Both hebben gevonden and gevonden hebben are completely correct and commonly used.
What makes this sentence future perfect instead of just regular future tense?
The regular future tense would just use the infinitive: We zullen een medicijn vinden (We will find a medicine). By changing the main verb to a past participle (gevonden) and adding the infinitive hebben, it becomes the future perfect. This emphasizes that the action of finding will be completed by some point in the future.
Can I use the preposition tegen instead of voor here?
Yes. While this sentence uses voor (for), it is actually very common in Dutch to say you have a medicine against an illness. Saying een medicijn tegen de ziekte is just as natural and correct.