Breakdown of Ich besuche morgen Ihren Vater.
ich
I
morgen
tomorrow
besuchen
to visit
der Vater
the father
Ihren
your (formal, accusative masculine)
Questions & Answers about Ich besuche morgen Ihren Vater.
Why is it Ihren Vater and not just Ihr Vater?
Vater (father) is a masculine noun. In this sentence, he is the direct object (the person receiving the action of being visited), which means he is in the accusative case. For masculine nouns in the accusative, the formal 'your' (Ihr) gets an -en ending, becoming Ihren.
Does Ihren always have a capital letter here?
Yes! When you use Ihr, Ihre, or Ihren to mean the formal 'your' (speaking to someone respectfully, using Sie), it must always be capitalized. If you wrote ihren with a lowercase 'i', it would mean 'her' or 'their' father instead!
The sentence uses the present tense Ich besuche. Can we use present tense for the future in German?
Exactly! In German, it is very common to use the regular present tense to talk about the future. You just need to include a time word like morgen (tomorrow) to make it clear that the event has not happened yet.
Why is morgen placed before Ihren Vater instead of at the end of the sentence?
In English, we usually put time words like 'tomorrow' at the very end of the sentence. In German, time words prefer to come early, typically right after the verb. So the German sentence structure is literally 'I visit tomorrow your father'.
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