Word
Primalac će preuzeti pošiljku od kurira.
Meaning
The recipient will collect the shipment from the courier.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Primalac će preuzeti pošiljku od kurira.
od
from
hteti
will
kurir
the courier
pošiljka
a shipment; consignment
Questions & Answers about Primalac će preuzeti pošiljku od kurira.
What does primalac mean, and is it a common word?
Primalac means recipient or addressee, especially in formal contexts such as mail, deliveries, banking, or logistics.
In everyday casual speech, people might also say things like:
- onaj koji prima paket = the person receiving the package
- kupac = customer (if the context is an order)
But in delivery language, primalac is completely normal and useful.
Why is it će preuzeti? How does the future tense work here?
This is the Serbian future tense.
The pattern is:
- će
- infinitive
So:
- će preuzeti = will take over / will collect / will receive
In this sentence:
- Primalac = recipient
- će preuzeti = will collect / will take over
- pošiljku = the shipment / parcel
- od kurira = from the courier
So the future meaning comes from će.
Why is će separate from preuzeti? Can it ever be written together?
Yes. In Serbian, future tense can appear in two common ways: