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Summary of the uses of 'werden'

Active Voice: main verb
Her Heller wird alt. Mr. Heller is growing old.
Die Kinder wurden müde. The children were getting tired.
Frau Ullmann ist Chefin der Firma geworden. Ms. Ullman has become head of the company.

Auxiliary verb in future tense.
Werden is used with a dependent infinitive to form the future tense.
Matthias wird hoffentlich mehr arbeiten. I hope Matthias will work more.
Du wirst das wohl wissen. You probably know that.

Passive voice: Auxiliary Verb
Werden is used with a past participle to form the passive voice.
Viele Geschäfte wurden von Ausländern aufgemacht. Many businesses were opened by foreigners.
Die Gäste werden oft von ethnischen Musikgruppen unterhalten. The guests are often entertained by ethnic music groups.

Eine deutsche Geschäftsfrau spricht mit ausländischen Journalisten über die wirtschaftliche Situation in Deutschland. Stellen Sie fest, wie werden benutzen wird. Dann geben Sie die Sätze auf Englisch wieder.
e.g. Viele Fabriken werde modernisiert.
werden modernisiert / present passive
Many old factories are being modernized.

1. Hier wird noch viel gemacht. wird gemacht / passive? Much will be made here?
2. Die Situation wird im nächsten Jahr sicher besser. werden / future The situation will improve in the next year.
3. Der Export wird langsam weniger. wird weniger / future Exports will decrease.
4. Wer wird dem Land helfen? wird helfen / future Who will help the country?
5. Werden die Waren auf dem Weltmarkt eine Zukunft haben? werden haben / future Will [our] products have a future on the world market?
6. Man meint, dass das Land immer weniger Rohstoffe haben wird. haben wird / future [It is believed] that the country will have fewer and fewer resources.
7. Das Leben wurde in letzter Zeit teurer. wurde / present passive? Life is becoming more expensive.
8. Die Industrie wird sich wohl neue Märkte suchen. wird suchen / future? Industry will seek out new markets and new civilizations.
9. Manche Arbeiter wollen einfach nicht arbeiten. Was soll aus ihnen werden? [I have no idea]
10. Die Situation wird hoffentlich in den nächsten Jahren besser. wird besser / future plain? The situation will hopefully improve in the next year.


Statement of intent: Today at work there will be line edits and Arcana re-drafting, as time permits. This evening there will be When You're At Home post drafting of the Grey Gull and Arcana-re-drafting, also as time permits. We will not do what we did the last time, self, and procrastinate all to hell and back. That is how backlogs die. We will get the Grey Gull drafted, if we're very lucky we'll get notes tonight and draft tomorrow night and then Friday can be spent reviewing and taking notes on the Herald offices so that Saturday can be drafting that one and Sunday can be spent fucking off and doing nothing. And then *gasp, shock* Even more backlog! Sort of. In theory. For as often as I say I'm going to get Haven 1x01 done it keeps not happening.

I feel like I should explicate this: I call these things statements of intent because this is what I intend to do. I refuse to call them goals because although they might fit the idea people have of goals, I don't want to feel bad because I couldn't get all of them done, and, acknowledging the fact that both life and shit happen, statements of intent fit better. I intend to do these things. What I intend and what happen ain't always similar.

I need to remember to take home the cord to make my dreamcatchers. And possibly some Fimo so I can make some charms for them. I have no idea why I've decided I need to make little Fimo charms, but I want to put some kind of charms on them and Fimo will be a cheaper price point (I think) than getting pewter ones from the bead store, right now. Plus I do have tools and things to work it, on account of mini painting tools. Posssssssibly there will be pictures later. Maybe. Though, heh. Suddenly... well, no. I can do charms and things on Sunday. I can make the hoops for them tonight, that'll be quick, and then make the charms and weave the dreamcatchers Sunday. I haven't made the damn things in so long, I wonder if I remember how.

(I lie. It's dead easy.)

So, that'll be something I can do with the weeping cherry bits I trimmed of so we'd stop running into them. Now I just have to figure out what I'm doing about the rest of the front yard. And the house. And everything bloody else. Maybe I'll spend a chunk of Sunday doing that, just wandering around my front yard and planning things. Actually, that doesn't sound like a bad way to spend a Sunday. Andp ulling the front walk. Die weeds die.