Breakdown of Wir wollen morgen das Theater und das Museum besuchen.
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wir
we
morgen
tomorrow
besuchen
to visit
Questions & Answers about Wir wollen morgen das Theater und das Museum besuchen.
Why is the verb besuchen at the very end of the sentence?
This is a key rule for modal verbs like wollen (to want). The modal verb takes the second position in the sentence and gets conjugated (wollen matches Wir). This pushes the main action verb (besuchen) all the way to the end in its basic, unchanged dictionary form (the infinitive).
Does wollen mean "will" in English?
No, this is a classic false friend! Even though wollen sounds and looks a lot like "will", it actually expresses an intention or desire, meaning "to want". To say that you will do something in the future, German uses a completely different verb (werden).
Why does morgen (tomorrow) come before the places we want to visit?
In English, we usually put time words like "tomorrow" at the very end of the sentence. German word order is different: expressions of time prefer to be early in the sentence, often right after the conjugated verb. This follows the general German rule of "Time, Manner, Place", where "when" something happens comes before "what" or "where".
Are das Theater and das Museum in the accusative case here?
Yes! They are the direct objects of the sentence (the things being visited), so they must take the accusative case. You might not notice a change because both are neuter nouns. Unlike masculine nouns (where der changes to den), neuter nouns keep their normal das article in the accusative case.