Word
Čut ćemo se sutra!
Meaning
We will hear from each other tomorrow!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Čut ćemo se sutra!
čuti
to hear
sutra
tomorrow
htjeti
to want (intent, will)
sebe
oneself (stressed reflexive)
Questions & Answers about Čut ćemo se sutra!
Why use the reflexive pronoun se here? Are we hearing ourselves?
Why is the verb spelled čut instead of its full infinitive form čuti?
When forming the future tense, if an infinitive ending in -ti comes directly before the helper verb like ćemo, it drops the final i. If you included the pronoun mi at the start, the word order would change and the i would come back: Mi ćemo se čuti sutra!
Is čuti se a common way to say we will talk in Croatian?
Yes! It is the standard, natural way to say we will be in touch or we will talk. Croatians use čuti se when referring to catching up, talking on the phone, or even texting.
Both ćemo and se are small, unstressed words. Why is ćemo placed before se?
These unstressed words are called enclitics, and Croatian has a strict order for them. When multiple enclitics group together in a sentence, verb helpers like ćemo always step in line before the reflexive pronoun se.