Breakdown of Ako pjevačica bude pjevala, cirkus će biti pun.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
pjevati
to sing
pun
full
ako
if
Questions & Answers about Ako pjevačica bude pjevala, cirkus će biti pun.
How is the word pjevačica formed from the masculine form?
The masculine word for singer is pjevač. To make it feminine, we add the suffix -ica, which is one of the most common ways to form female professions in Croatian.
Why does the sentence use bude pjevala instead of the regular future tense će pjevati?
In Croatian, conditional sentences starting with ako (if) that talk about the future require the exact future tense (Futur II) in the conditional clause. This shows the action must happen before or during the main future action. The main action (cirkus će biti pun) then uses the regular future tense (Futur I).
How is the verb phrase bude pjevala constructed?
It is made of bude, which is the perfective present tense of biti (to be) for he/she/it, plus the active past participle of the verb pjevati. Because the subject is the feminine pjevačica, the participle takes the feminine singular ending, giving us pjevala.
Why does the adjective pun not have an ending like -a or -o?