Breakdown of Der mutige Retter wird in die Schlucht abgerutscht sein.
sein
to be
in
in
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
werden
will (future auxiliary)
mutig
brave
abrutschen
to slip
der Retter
the rescuer
die Schlucht
the gorge
Questions & Answers about Der mutige Retter wird in die Schlucht abgerutscht sein.
Why does this sentence use the future tense (wird ... sein) to talk about an event that already happened?
In German, the Future Perfect (Futur II) is often used to express a strong assumption or probability about the past. While it literally translates to 'will have slipped,' it is usually the German way of saying 'The brave rescuer must have slipped' or 'probably slipped' into the gorge.
Why does the sentence end with sein instead of haben?
The verb abrutschen (to slip or slide down) expresses a change of location. Just like in the regular past tense (Perfekt) where you say er ist abgerutscht (he slipped), the Future Perfect also requires the helping verb sein. You combine the past participle (abgerutscht) with sein at the very end of the sentence.
Why is it in die Schlucht (accusative) and not in der Schlucht (dative)?
The word in is a two-way preposition. Because the rescuer is moving into a new location (a directed motion or destination), we use the accusative case (die Schlucht). If he were already inside the gorge and doing something there, we would use the dative case (in der Schlucht).
Why does the adjective take an -e ending in Der mutige Retter?
The rescuer is the subject of the sentence, so this is the nominative case. When you have a definite article like der showing the masculine gender and case, the adjective just takes the standard weak ending, which is -e.
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