Questions & Answers about Ako mi se sutra bude pila samo voda, ponijet ću bocu sa sobom i preskočiti kavu.
Bude pila is future II (also called the future exact).
In Croatian, when you have:
- a future condition introduced by ako = if
- and a future result in the main clause
the subordinate clause often uses future II, while the main clause uses future I.
So here:
- Ako mi se sutra bude pila samo voda = If tomorrow I feel like drinking only water
- ponijet ću bocu... = I’ll take a bottle...
The pattern is:
- ako + future II
- main clause + future I
Here, bude is the auxiliary, and pila is the past participle form that goes with it.
A simpler comparison:
- Ako bude padala kiša, ostat ću doma.
If it rains / if it is raining, I’ll stay home.
So bude pila is not random—it is the normal tense choice in this kind of future conditional sentence.