Snad bude zítra pršet.

to be

Breakdown of Snad bude zítra pršet.

• zítra: tomorrow
• pršet: to rain
• snad: perhaps; hopefully

Questions & Answers about Snad bude zítra pršet.

What does snad mean here?

In this sentence, snad expresses hope or possibility. Depending on context, Snad bude zítra pršet can mean:

• Hopefully it will rain tomorrow
• Perhaps it will rain tomorrow
• I hope it will rain tomorrow

So snad is a small word that adds the speaker’s attitude: the speaker thinks rain is possible and may also be wishing for it.

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Why is the future written as bude pršet instead of using one single verb form?

Because pršet is an imperfective verb, and in Czech the future of imperfective verbs is usually formed with:

future of být + infinitive

So:

• bude = will
• pršet = to rain

Together, bude pršet = will rain

This is a very common pattern in Czech:

• budu dělat = I will do / I will be doing
• bude spát = he/she will sleep
• budeme čekat = we will wait

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Is pršet really an infinitive here? Why not something like prší?