Questions & Answers about Wir fahren weiter.
Why is weiter at the end of the sentence?
The verb here is weiterfahren (to travel on / to continue driving). It is a separable verb. In the present tense, the main part of the verb (fahren) takes the second position in the sentence, and the prefix (weiter) gets kicked to the very end.
Since the current lesson is about the Perfekt tense, how would I say this in the past?
You would say Wir sind weitergefahren. Because the verb describes a change of location (travelling), it uses a form of sein (to be) as its helping verb instead of haben.
How exactly do you form the past participle weitergefahren?
For separable verbs, the ge goes right in the middle, between the prefix and the verb stem. You take the prefix (weiter), add ge, and then the base verb. Since fahren is an irregular verb, its base past participle is gefahren. Combine them all into one word to get weitergefahren.
Does weiter always mean "on" or "further"?
Yes! Adding weiter as a prefix to an action usually means continuing to do that action. For example, weitergehen means to keep walking, and weiterarbeiten means to continue working.
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