Conveying the future in German can be done in several ways - by using werden, by combining the present tense with future time phrases, or by using phrases like ich hoffe, ich plane zu, ich habe vor.
Future plans can be expressed by using the present tense followed by a future time phrase, just as we do in English, eg
Wir fahren 苍盲肠丑蝉迟e Woche in die Turkei. 鈥 We are going to Turkey next week.
Ich spiele morgen Netzball. 鈥 I'm playing netball tomorrow.
Hilfsvokabeln鈥 Helpful vocabulary
There are countless time phrases that you can use to express your future wishes, but here are some of the most useful ones.
im Fr眉hling 鈥 in spring
im Herbst 鈥 in autumn
im Sommer 鈥 in summer
im Winter 鈥 in winter
in den Ferien 鈥 in the holidays
in der Oberstufe 鈥 in sixth form
in der Zukunft 鈥 in the future
in zehn Minuten 鈥 in ten minutes
morgen 鈥 tomorrow
nach der Schule 鈥 after school
苍盲肠丑蝉迟en Dienstag 鈥 next Tuesday
苍盲肠丑蝉迟es Jahr 鈥 next year
苍盲肠丑蝉迟en Monat 鈥 next month
苍盲肠丑蝉迟e Woche 鈥 next week
蝉辫盲迟别谤 鈥 later on
Question
How would you translate these phrases?
Wir essen in den Ferien im Restaurant.
F盲hrst du 苍盲肠丑蝉迟e Woche nach Wien?
Mein Bruder geht 蝉辫盲迟别谤 mit Freunden ins Kino.
Anja und Mesut haben 苍盲肠丑蝉迟en Mai Pr眉fungen
Ich mache am Wochenende Hausaufgaben.
We're going to eat in the restaurant in the holidays.
Are you going to Vienna next week?
My brother's going to the cinema later on with friends.
Anja and Mesut will have/are going to have exams next May.
I'll do homework at the weekend.
Morgen, morgen, nur nicht heute, sagen alle faulen Leute. 鈥 Don鈥檛 put off till tomorrow what can be done today. (literally: Tomorrow, tomorrow, not only today, say all lazy people.)