Word
Nach dem Bachelor will er einen Master machen.
Meaning
After the bachelor's degree, he wants to do a master's degree.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Nach dem Bachelor will er einen Master machen.
ein
a, an (eine)
er
he
machen
to make, to do
wollen
to want
Questions & Answers about Nach dem Bachelor will er einen Master machen.
Why is it will er and not er will?
In German, the conjugated verb must always be in the second position of a main clause. Because the sentence starts with the time phrase Nach dem Bachelor (Position 1), the verb will takes Position 2, pushing the subject er to Position 3.
Does will mean the same thing as the English future tense word will?
No, this is a classic false friend. In German, will comes from the modal verb wollen, which means to want. If you wanted to express the future tense (he will do a master's degree), you would use the verb werden: er wird einen Master machen.
Why is it dem Bachelor and not den Bachelor?
The preposition nach (after) always requires the dative case. Since Bachelor is a masculine noun (der Bachelor), the article changes to dem in the dative case.
Why are the English words Bachelor and Master used here, and do they have German genders?