Breakdown of Večeras ću paziti na djecu dok roditelji rade.
večeras
tonight
dok
while
raditi
to work
dijete
child
Questions & Answers about Večeras ću paziti na djecu dok roditelji rade.
Why does ću come after Večeras instead of before the verb?
In Croatian, ću is a clitic, which means it usually cannot stand in the very first position of the sentence. It tends to come in the second position.
So:
- Večeras ću paziti na djecu. = natural
- Ja ću večeras paziti na djecu. = also natural
But starting directly with ću would not work in a normal sentence.
This is a very common pattern in Croatian word order:
- Sutra ću doći.
- On će raditi.
- Danas ćemo ostati kod kuće.
How is the future tense formed in ću paziti?
This is the future I tense in Croatian.
It is formed with:
- the clitic form of htjeti (ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će)
- plus the infinitive of the main verb
Here:
- ću = I will
- paziti = infinitive, to look after / to watch
So:
- pazit ću or ću paziti = I will look after
Both are possible, but the placement depends on word order:
- Ja ću paziti...
- Pazit ću...