Breakdown of Wir werden nächstes Jahr zusammen feiern.
wir
we
zusammen
together
das Jahr
the year
feiern
to celebrate
werden
will (future auxiliary)
nächste
next
Questions & Answers about Wir werden nächstes Jahr zusammen feiern.
Why is feiern placed at the very end of the sentence?
This is the classic sentence structure for the future tense in German. The helper verb werden takes the normal second position in the sentence, and it pushes the main action verb (feiern) all the way to the end in its infinitive (dictionary) form.
Why does nächstes have an -s at the end?
Time expressions that don't use a preposition (like "next year" or "every day") are always in the accusative case in German. Because the word for year is neuter (das Jahr), the adjective nächst- takes the neuter accusative ending -es, becoming nächstes Jahr.
Why does nächstes Jahr come before zusammen?
German word order usually follows a "Time before Manner before Place" rule. Therefore, information about when something happens (nächstes Jahr) naturally comes before information about how it happens (zusammen).
Could I just use the present tense and say Wir feiern nächstes Jahr zusammen?
Yes, absolutely! In conversational German, it is very common to use the present tense for future events as long as you include a time word (like nächstes Jahr) so people know you mean the future. Using werden just makes it sound a bit more like a firm intention or a formal prediction.
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