Kamo ćemo ako počne kiša?

rain

Breakdown of Kamo ćemo ako počne kiša?

• htjeti: will
• ako: if
• početi: to start

Questions & Answers about Kamo ćemo ako počne kiša?

What does kamo mean, and how is it different from gdje?

Kamo means to where? / where to? and is used when there is movement toward a destination.

• Kamo ćemo...? = Where will we go?
• Gdje smo? = Where are we?

So the difference is:

• kamo → direction, destination
• gdje → location, place

In this sentence, kamo is used because the idea is going somewhere if it starts raining.

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Why is ćemo used here?

Ćemo is the 1st person plural form of the auxiliary htjeti used to make the future tense.

• mi ćemo = we will

So:

• Kamo ćemo...? = Where will we...?

In Croatian, the future is often made with:

• a form of htjeti in the present
• plus the infinitive of the main verb

For example:

• Ići ćemo. = We will go.

But in your sentence, the main verb ići is not stated directly, because it is understood from kamo ćemo.

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Why is the verb not written? Is something missing?