Breakdown of Das Institut meldet, die Prognose werde sich noch ändern.
noch
still / yet
sich
oneself / himself / herself / themselves (reflexive pronoun)
ändern
to change (modify, alter)
werden
will (future auxiliary)
melden
to report
die Prognose
the forecast
das Institut
the institute
Questions & Answers about Das Institut meldet, die Prognose werde sich noch ändern.
Why is the verb werde used here instead of wird?
This is the Konjunktiv I form used for reported speech. Because the institute is reporting a future event, we use the future tense auxiliary verb werden. For the third-person singular subject die Prognose, the Konjunktiv I form is werde, whereas the standard indicative form is wird.
Why is werde in the second position? Shouldn't verbs in reported speech go at the end?
Reported speech often uses a subordinate clause starting with dass, which pushes the conjugated verb to the end. However, German frequently drops dass in reported speech. When dass is omitted, the clause takes standard main clause word order, placing the conjugated verb werde in the second position right after the subject.
If we did use dass in this sentence, what would the word order look like?
If you include the conjunction, the conjugated verb werde is pushed to the very end of the sentence. It would become: Das Institut meldet, dass die Prognose sich noch ändern werde.
Why is the reflexive pronoun sich used with ändern here?
In German, when a thing undergoes a change (rather than a person changing an object), the verb ändern must be reflexive. Since the forecast is changing, we use sich ändern. The pronoun sich sits right after the conjugated verb werde.
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