Breakdown of Wir werden dieses Abenteuer irgendwann erleben.
wir
we
dieser
this / that (fem.: diese, neut.: dieses)
werden
will (future auxiliary)
erleben
to experience
das Abenteuer
the adventure
irgendwann
sometime
Questions & Answers about Wir werden dieses Abenteuer irgendwann erleben.
How does irgendwann work in this sentence?
The word irgendwann means "sometime" or "at some point." It is formed by combining the prefix irgend-, which adds the idea of an indefinite or unknown thing, with wann (when). Here, it tells us that the exact time of the adventure is completely open.
Could I move irgendwann to the start of the sentence to emphasize it?
Yes! You can say Irgendwann werden wir dieses Abenteuer erleben. Moving it to the first position emphasizes that it will happen eventually. Just remember that the conjugated verb werden must stay in the second position, so the subject wir moves to the third position.
Why is erleben placed at the very end?
This sentence uses the future tense. In German, the future tense is built with the helper verb werden in the second position, while the main action verb (erleben) gets pushed to the very end of the sentence in its infinitive (dictionary) form.
Why does the sentence use dieses instead of diesen or diese?
The word for adventure is neuter (das Abenteuer) and it is the direct object of the sentence, which means it is in the accusative case. For neuter nouns in the accusative case, the word for "this" takes the -es ending, making it dieses.
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