Breakdown of Möglicherweise passiert es uns morgen wieder.
es
it
wir
we
morgen
tomorrow
passieren
to happen
wieder
again
möglicherweise
possibly
Questions & Answers about Möglicherweise passiert es uns morgen wieder.
How exactly is the word möglicherweise put together?
It comes from the adjective möglich (possible) and the suffix -weise (in a way or manner). To connect them, German adds an -er- in the middle. Adding -weise to an adjective is a common way to create an adverb that expresses the speaker's attitude or evaluation, similar to adding "-ly" in English (possibly, fortunately, normally).
Why does the verb passiert come before the subject es?
In German main clauses, the conjugated verb must always sit in the second position. Because we started the sentence with the attitude adverb möglicherweise (Position 1), the verb passiert must take Position 2. This pushes the subject es right after the verb into Position 3.
Why do we use the dative pronoun uns here?
The verb passieren (to happen) requires a dative object to show who something is happening to. Since the event is happening "to us", we must use the dative pronoun uns.
The English translation says "it will happen", so why doesn't the German sentence use the future tense?
In German, it is completely standard to use the present tense (passiert) to talk about the future, as long as there is a time word that makes the context clear. Here, the word morgen (tomorrow) tells us the event is in the future, so a future tense helper verb like wird is not needed.
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