Nažalost, nećemo moći dugo ostati, jer sutra rano radimo.

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Breakdown of Nažalost, nećemo moći dugo ostati, jer sutra rano radimo.

• sutra: tomorrow
• jer: because
• raditi: to work

Questions & Answers about Nažalost, nećemo moći dugo ostati, jer sutra rano radimo.

Why is nećemo written as one word, but ne radimo is two words?

Because Croatian treats the negative forms of htjeti (ću, ćeš, će...), which is used to make the future tense, as single words:

• neću
• nećeš
• neće
• nećemo
• nećete
• neće

But with most ordinary verbs, ne is written separately:

• ne radimo
• ne možemo
• ne ostajemo

So nećemo moći is correct, not ne ćemo moći.

Why are there two verbs in nećemo moći ostati?

Because the sentence expresses two layers of meaning:

• nećemo = we will not
• moći = be able / can
• ostati = stay

So the structure is:

future of moći + infinitive of the main verb

In natural English, that becomes we won’t be able to stay.

Croatian often stacks verbs like this when one verb depends on another:

• moram ići = I must go
• želim spavati = I want to sleep
• nećemo moći ostati = we won’t be able to stay