Sigurno ćemo stići na vrijeme.

will (future auxiliary)

Breakdown of Sigurno ćemo stići na vrijeme.

• na: on
• vrijeme: time
• stići: to arrive

Questions & Answers about Sigurno ćemo stići na vrijeme.

Why is ćemo used here, and what tense is this?

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

So:

• ćemo = we will
• stići = arrive

Together, ćemo stići means we will arrive.

In Croatian, the future tense is often formed like this:

• future auxiliary
  • infinitive

So:

• ja ću doći = I will come
• mi ćemo stići = we will arrive

Why isn’t there a word for we in the sentence?

Croatian often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb form already shows who the subject is.

Here, ćemo already tells you the subject is we.

So both of these are possible:

• Sigurno ćemo stići na vrijeme.
• Mi ćemo sigurno stići na vrijeme.

The version without mi is more natural unless you want extra emphasis on we.

What does sigurno mean here exactly?