Breakdown of Prodavac će isporučiti zamenu.
hteti
will
prodavac
seller or shop assistant
zamena
a replacement or exchange
isporučiti
to deliver
Questions & Answers about Prodavac će isporučiti zamenu.
Why is će separated from the verb instead of attached to it?
Because Serbian forms the future tense in two common ways:
- ću/ćeš/će... + infinitive
- a short fused form like isporučiću
In your sentence, the pattern is:
- Prodavac = subject
- će = future auxiliary
- isporučiti = infinitive
So Prodavac će isporučiti zamenu means The seller will deliver a replacement.
A native English speaker often expects one future marker like will + verb, and this Serbian pattern is very similar in function.
What exactly does će mean?
će is the 3rd person singular form of the future auxiliary, equivalent to will in English for he/she/it.
Here it agrees with prodavac because prodavac is singular:
- ja ću = I will
- ti ćeš = you will
- on/ona/ono će = he/she/it will
- mi ćemo = we will
- vi ćete = you will
- oni/one/ona će = they will
So Prodavac će... literally works like The seller will...
Why is the word order Prodavac će isporučiti, not će prodavac isporučiti?