Čim krenemo, proverićemo red vožnje.

as soon as

Breakdown of Čim krenemo, proverićemo red vožnje.

• proveriti: to check
• red vožnje: the transport timetable
• krenuti: to set off

Questions & Answers about Čim krenemo, proverićemo red vožnje.

What does čim mean in this sentence?

Čim means as soon as, once, or the moment that. It introduces a time clause.

So Čim krenemo, proverićemo red vožnje means that the second action happens immediately after the first one starts.

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Why is krenemo in the present tense if the meaning is future?

This is very common in Serbian. After time words like čim, kad, and posle što / nakon što in certain contexts, Serbian often uses the present tense to talk about a future event.

So krenemo is grammatically present, but here it refers to a future action:

• Čim krenemo... = As soon as we leave/start off...

This is similar to English, which also often avoids will in time clauses:

• As soon as we leave, we’ll check the timetable.
• not normally As soon as we will leave...

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Why is it krenemo and not krećemo?

Krenemo comes from the verb krenuti, which is usually perfective. It focuses on the action as a single completed event: to set off / to start moving / to leave.

Krećemo comes from kretati (se) or from the present of krenuti depending on usage, but learners usually notice a difference in nuance: