Word
Morgen wird die Lehrerin den Aufsatz korrigieren und jedem Schüler eine Note geben.
Meaning
Tomorrow the teacher will correct the essay and give each pupil a grade.
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Breakdown of Morgen wird die Lehrerin den Aufsatz korrigieren und jedem Schüler eine Note geben.
und
and
morgen
tomorrow
werden
to become
geben
to give
korrigieren
to correct
der Schüler
the pupil
der Aufsatz
the essay
die Lehrerin
the teacher
die Note
the grade
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Questions & Answers about Morgen wird die Lehrerin den Aufsatz korrigieren und jedem Schüler eine Note geben.
What tense is conveyed by wird … korrigieren in this sentence?
It’s the future simple tense. German forms it with the auxiliary werden in second position and the main verb (korrigieren) at the very end. So Morgen wird die Lehrerin den Aufsatz korrigieren means “Tomorrow the teacher will correct the essay.”
Why are the verbs korrigieren and geben both placed at the end?
In German main clauses with the future tense, all infinitive verbs go to the end. When you have two coordinated infinitives, they share the auxiliary wird and are linked by und, so you get … den Aufsatz korrigieren und jedem Schüler eine Note geben.
Why does jedem Schüler use the dative case?
The verb geben requires two objects:
• the accusative object (what is given – eine Note)
• the dative object (to whom it is given – jedem Schüler)
Thus “to each student” must be in the dative, turning jeder Schüler into jedem Schüler.
How can we tell that den Aufsatz is in the accusative case?
Aufsatz is masculine (der Aufsatz). As the direct object of korrigieren, it takes the accusative article den.
Why is Note preceded by the indefinite article eine rather than a definite article?
Because the sentence does not refer to a specific, previously identified grade; it simply says “a grade” for each student. German uses the indefinite article eine to express that general, non-specific sense.
Why is Morgen placed at the very beginning of the sentence?
German allows elements like time adverbs (Morgen) to occupy the first position. Due to the verb-second rule, the conjugated verb (wird) then immediately follows: Morgen | wird ….
Why isn’t wird (and the subject) repeated after und?
When two verb phrases share the same subject and auxiliary, German omits the repetition in the second phrase. You get wird korrigieren und … geben, without repeating wird die Lehrerin.
Could you also use the present tense here instead of the future?
Yes. German often uses the present tense for future events if a clear time marker is present. You could say:
Morgen korrigiert die Lehrerin den Aufsatz und gibt jedem Schüler eine Note.
Both forms are correct; the future tense simply makes the futurity explicit.