Breakdown of Die Sterne werden uns beeinflussen.
uns
us
der Stern
the star
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
werden
will (future auxiliary)
Questions & Answers about Die Sterne werden uns beeinflussen.
Why is beeinflussen at the very end of the sentence?
When forming the future tense in German, you use a conjugated form of werden in the second position of the sentence. The main verb (beeinflussen) gets pushed to the very end in its infinitive (dictionary) form.
Why do we use werden here instead of wird?
The helping verb werden must match the subject of the sentence. Since Die Sterne (the stars) is plural, we use the plural form werden. If the subject were just one star (Der Stern), it would be wird.
Why does uns come before the main verb?
In German, the future tense creates a sentence bracket. The helping verb werden is in the second position, and the main verb beeinflussen is kicked to the very end. Everything else, like the pronoun uns (us), gets sandwiched in the middle.
Is uns in the accusative or dative case here?
It is in the accusative case. The verb beeinflussen takes a direct object, so we use the accusative form of 'we', which is uns. Luckily for learners, uns happens to look exactly the same in both the accusative and dative cases!