Kad budemo imali više vremena, posadit ćemo još sadnica uz ogradu.

When we have more time, we will plant more seedlings by the fence.

Breakdown of Kad budemo imali više vremena, posadit ćemo još sadnica uz ogradu.

• biti: to be
• imati: to have
• kad: when
• htjeti: will (future auxiliary)

Questions & Answers about Kad budemo imali više vremena, posadit ćemo još sadnica uz ogradu.

Why does the sentence use budemo imali instead of ćemo imati?

Because after kad when you are talking about a future situation, Croatian normally uses future II in the subordinate clause.

So Croatian says:

• Kad budemo imali više vremena... = When we have more time...

not:

• Kad ćemo imati više vremena... in this meaning

A good rule of thumb:

• main future statement: usually future I
• clause with kad, ako, čim, nakon što referring to the future: often future II

Here the main clause is:

• posadit ćemo još sadnica uz ogradu

and the kad clause uses future II:

• kad budemo imali više vremena

This is one of the biggest differences from English future clauses.

What exactly is budemo imali grammatically?