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to have
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Questions & Answers about Kad budemo imali više vremena, pogledat ćemo novu izložbu u galeriji.
Why does Croatian use kad budemo imali instead of kad ćemo imati?
Because after kad when talking about a future time, Croatian often uses Future II in the subordinate clause, not ordinary Future I.
So:
- kad budemo imali više vremena = when we have / when we will have more time
- main clause: pogledat ćemo... = ordinary Future I
This is very common with conjunctions like kad, ako, čim, and similar words introducing future conditions or time frames.
A very literal English-style kad ćemo imati would usually sound unnatural here.
What exactly is budemo imali grammatically?
It is Future II.
Future II is formed with:
- the present tense of biti in the budem set:
- budem, budeš, bude, budemo, budete, budu
- plus the past active participle of the main verb
Here:
- budemo = we will / we shall in the Future II pattern
- imali = participle of imati (to have)
So:
- budemo imali = we will have / when we have
Even though it contains a participle, you should think of it as a normal future verb form, not as a separate be + had structure like in English.