Breakdown of Ako budem imao ovu tehnologiju, riješit ću problem.
ovaj
this (m) / ova (f), ovo (n)
problem
problem
imati
to have
ću
will (ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će)
Questions & Answers about Ako budem imao ovu tehnologiju, riješit ću problem.
Why is Future II (budem imao) used here instead of the present tense?
In Croatian, when an 'if' clause (ako) refers to an action that must happen in the future before the main action can take place, you use Future II (futur drugi). In English, we just say 'If I have', using the present tense, but Croatian requires this exact future tense to show the condition belongs to the future.
How exactly is the phrase budem imao built in this sentence?
It is made of the perfective present tense of the verb 'to be' (budem) plus the past l-participle of the main verb (imao). Because imao ends in -o, we know the speaker is male. A female speaker would say budem imala.
Why is it spelled riješit ću instead of riješiti ću?
When forming Future I, if the infinitive verb ends in -ti and comes directly before the auxiliary word (ću, ćeš, etc.), the final -i is dropped. So riješiti becomes riješit. If the word order were reversed, you would keep the 'i' and say ja ću riješiti.
Both tehnologiju and problem are direct objects. Why does only tehnologija change its ending?