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Using the future "werden" with Alles or Alle ?

schaffel1949
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Using the future "werden" with Alles or Alle ?

Postby schaffel1949 » August 23rd, 2010 4:44 am

In comparing these two sentences:

Alle werden ins Restaurant gehen.

and

Alles wird gut schmecken.

Why is the werden form different ?

What clue in each sentence would let me know what person form of werden to use?

Sprachprofi
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Postby Sprachprofi » August 23rd, 2010 1:01 pm

alle = all [people]. It's plural, hence the -e ending and the verb is plural.
alles = everything. It's neuter singular, hence the -s ending and the verb is singular.
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