Questions & Answers about Pokušat ću govoriti hrvatski bez pomoći.
Why is it written as Pokušat ću and not Pokušati ću?
This is the short future in Croatian. When the future auxiliary ću/ćeš/će/ćemo/ćete/će immediately follows an infinitive, the final -i in the infinitive is dropped:
- pokušat ću (from pokušati)
- radit ću (from raditi)
- vidjet ću (from vidjeti) Write them as two separate words. Writing Pokušati ću is a common learner error in Croatian.
Can I say ću pokušati instead? Any difference?
Yes. That’s the long future, and it’s equally correct: Ja ću pokušati govoriti…
Use it whenever something must come before the clitic ću, because clitics go in second position. You cannot start a sentence with ću; you need a stressed element first (e.g., Ja, Sutra, U školi, etc.).
Meaning is the same; the short form (Pokušat ću…) is just more compact.
Where exactly does ću go in the sentence?