“Shall we go to the park tomorrow?” in German: “Sollen wir morgen in den Park gehen?”

When to use it

Use it to suggest an outing with a friend for the next day.

“Shall we go to the park tomorrow?” — The sentence in English

"Shall we go to the park tomorrow?" uses "shall we" to suggest something. "Go" follows without "to", then the place and the time.

Shall

auxiliary verbshall · tense: present · modal verb; "Shall we…?" makes a suggestion

we

pronounpersonal pronoun, first person plural

go

verbgo · form: base form (infinitive without "to") · main verb after "shall"

to

prepositionpreposition of direction

the

determinerdefinite article

park

nounnoun

tomorrow

adverbadverb of time

“Sollen wir morgen in den Park gehen?” — The sentence in German

"Sollen wir morgen in den Park gehen?" uses the modal "sollen". The time, "morgen", comes before the place, "in den Park". "In" with the accusative "den" shows movement towards the park, and "gehen" goes to the end.

Sollen

auxiliary verbsollen · tense: present · mood: indicative · person: first · number: plural · modal verb; "Sollen wir…?" makes a suggestion

wir

pronoun"we"

morgen

adverb"tomorrow"; with a small letter ("der Morgen" is "the morning")

in

prepositionpreposition; with the accusative it shows direction

den

determinerdefinite article, masculine accusative: "the"

Park

nounmasculine noun: "park"

gehen

verbgehen · form: infinitive · "to go" on foot; the infinitive goes to the end

English × German: What changes from one language to the other

German usually puts time before place; English often puts the time last. German changes the article for direction ("in den Park") and sends the infinitive to the end. Both languages use a modal verb to make the suggestion.

Example conversation