Ako budemo imali vremena, možemo poslije sastanka otići na kavu.

Budemo imali is future II in Croatian.

It is formed with:

• budemo = the auxiliary form for we
• imali = the past participle of imati

Croatian commonly uses future II in subordinate clauses introduced by words like ako (if) when the condition refers to the future.

So:

• Ako budemo imali vremena... = If we have time...

Even though English uses a present form after if, Croatian usually uses this future-oriented form.

Because after ako in a real future condition, standard Croatian normally prefers future II, not future I.

So:

• Ako budemo imali vremena... = the standard, natural choice
• Ako ćemo imati vremena... = generally not the normal structure here

A useful rule is:

• future condition clause → often ako + future II
• main clause → future, present, or modal expression depending on meaning

Yes, you may hear that, especially in everyday speech, but it is not the most explicit standard way to express a future condition here.

Compare:

• Ako imamo vremena = if we have time / if we happen to have time
• Ako budemo imali vremena = if we have time later / in that future situation

So in this sentence, budemo imali makes the future meaning clearer.

Imali agrees with the understood subject we.

In Croatian, the participle changes for number and sometimes gender:

• imao = he had
• imala = she had
• imalo = it had
• imali = they / we had, masculine or mixed group
• imale = they / we had, all-female group

Because the subject here is an unstated we, imali is the normal default form for a mixed or unspecified group.

If a group of women were speaking, they could say:

• Ako budemo imale vremena...

Because Croatian often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The verb forms already show the person and number:

• budemo = we
• možemo = we can

So mi (we) is unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Ako budemo imali vremena... = neutral
• Ako mi budemo imali vremena... = more emphatic, like if we have time

Because Croatian normally says imati vremena to mean to have time.

This is a very common pattern:

• Imam vremena. = I have time.
• Nemamo vremena. = We don’t have time.

Here vremena is a genitive singular form used idiomatically after imati in this expression. English speakers often expect the basic form vrijeme, but Croatian usually uses vremena in this phrase.

So it is best to learn imati vremena as a fixed expression.

Because Croatian often uses the present tense of modal verbs for future meaning when the context already makes the time clear.

So:

• možemo otići literally looks like we can go
• but in context it means we can go then / we’ll be able to go

A more explicit future form is also possible:

• moći ćemo poslije sastanka otići na kavu

But možemo otići sounds very natural here and is less heavy.

Poslije is a preposition that takes the genitive case.

So:

• sastanak = meeting
• sastanka = of the meeting / after the meeting

That is why Croatian says:

• poslije sastanka = after the meeting

You will see the same pattern with other nouns:

• poslije ručka = after lunch
• poslije posla = after work

Kavu is accusative singular, because na here expresses movement toward an activity/place.

With verbs of motion, Croatian often uses:

• na + accusative

So:

• otići na kavu = go for a coffee
• ići na ručak = go for lunch
• otići na sastanak = go to a meeting

This is a very common expression, and na kavu is best learned as a set phrase meaning for coffee / to have coffee together.

Because the meaning is movement toward something, not being at something.

Compare:

• otići na kavu = to go for coffee
• biti na kavi = to be having coffee / to be at coffee

So:

• na kavu = accusative, direction or destination
• na kavi = locative, location or situation

Because otići is perfective, and ići is imperfective.

In this sentence, the idea is a single, complete action: going for coffee after the meeting. That is why otići fits well.

Very roughly:

• ići = to go, be going, go in general
• otići = to go off, to leave and go, to make one complete trip

So:

• možemo otići na kavu sounds like a concrete suggestion
• možemo ići na kavu is also possible, but slightly less focused on the one completed outing

Yes. Croatian word order is fairly flexible.

The original:

• Možemo poslije sastanka otići na kavu.

Other natural possibilities include:

• Možemo otići na kavu poslije sastanka.
• Poslije sastanka možemo otići na kavu.

The basic meaning stays the same, but the emphasis changes a little:

• poslije sastanka earlier in the sentence gives more focus to when
• na kavu earlier can give more focus to the activity

Because Ako budemo imali vremena is a subordinate if-clause, and it comes before the main clause.

Croatian normally separates that kind of opening clause with a comma:

• Ako budemo imali vremena, možemo...

This is similar to English punctuation in:

• If we have time, we can...

So the comma is standard and expected here.