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Learn Hardcore Serbian: Produžiću ugovor sutra. - I will extend the contract tomorrow.

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Produžiću ugovor sutra.

Word

Produžiću ugovor sutra.

Meaning

I will extend the contract tomorrow.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Serbian

Lesson

Choosing a mobile-phone plan

Breakdown of Produžiću ugovor sutra.

to renew or extend

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Questions & Answers about Produžiću ugovor sutra.

What tense is produžiću?

It is the future tense: specifically future I in Serbian.

The sentence means I will extend the contract tomorrow.

In this form:

produžiću = I will extend
ugovor = contract
sutra = tomorrow

So the basic structure is:

produžiću = future verb
ugovor = object
sutra = time expression

Why is ću attached to the verb instead of written separately?

Because this is a very common Serbian way of forming the future.

The full future construction uses:

the infinitive of the main verb
plus a short form of hteti (ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će)

With many verbs, when the short future auxiliary comes right after the infinitive, the final -i of the infinitive drops, and the auxiliary attaches to the verb:

produžiti + ću → produžiću

So:

produžiću = I will extend

This is standard and very common in everyday Serbian.

What is the dictionary form of produžiću?

The dictionary form is .

produžiti

That is the infinitive, meaning to extend / to prolong.

So the breakdown is:

produžiti = to extend
produžiću = I will extend

A learner should recognize that produžiću is not a different verb, just a future-tense form of produžiti.

Why does the infinitive seem to lose its final -i in produžiću?

That happens in the contracted future form.

Serbian often forms the future like this:

infinitive minus final -i
plus the clitic future auxiliary

So:

produžiti → produžit-
produžit + ću → produžiću

This is a normal spelling rule for this future pattern.

You will see the same thing in other verbs too:

uraditi → uradiću = I will do
videti → videću = I will see
kupiti → kupiću = I will buy

Could this also be said as Ja ću produžiti ugovor sutra?

Yes. That is also correct.

Serbian allows more than one way to build the future:

Produžiću ugovor sutra.
Ja ću produžiti ugovor sutra.

Both mean the same thing.

The difference is mostly in style, emphasis, and word order:

produžiću is the contracted form
ću produžiti is the separated form

Also, ja is usually omitted unless you want emphasis, because the verb form already shows the subject:

produžiću already means I will extend

So ja is not necessary unless you want to stress I, as in I will do it.

Why is ugovor in that form? Shouldn’t it change?

It is in the accusative case, because it is the direct object of the verb produžiti.

The important thing is that for many masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative singular looks exactly the same as the nominative singular.

So:

ugovor = nominative singular
ugovor = accusative singular as well

That is why it appears unchanged.

Compare:

Potpisujem ugovor. = I am signing the contract.
Produžiću ugovor. = I will extend the contract.

In both sentences, ugovor is the object.

What case is sutra?

Sutra is not behaving like a regular noun here. It is functioning as an adverb of time, meaning tomorrow.

So you can think of it simply as a time word, not as something that needs case agreement in this sentence.

It tells you when the action will happen:

Produžiću ugovor sutra. = I will extend the contract tomorrow.

Is the word order fixed?

No, Serbian word order is fairly flexible.

You can say:

Produžiću ugovor sutra.
Sutra ću produžiti ugovor.
Ugovor ću produžiti sutra.

These all can work, but the emphasis changes slightly.

For example:

Produžiću ugovor sutra. = neutral
Sutra ću produžiti ugovor. = puts more focus on tomorrow
Ugovor ću produžiti sutra. = can emphasize the contract

So the meaning stays basically the same, but the information focus shifts.

Why isn’t ja included?

Because Serbian usually drops subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The ending in produžiću already tells you the subject is I.

So:

Produžiću ugovor sutra. = perfectly natural
Ja ću produžiti ugovor sutra. = also correct, but more explicit

You would usually add ja only for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

For example:

Ja ću produžiti ugovor, a on neće.
I will extend the contract, but he won’t.

Is produžiti perfective or imperfective, and does that matter here?

Yes, it matters.

Produžiti is a perfective verb. In this sentence, that makes sense because the speaker is talking about a completed future action: extending the contract as a single result.

Serbian often uses a perfective verb for future actions like this:

Produžiću ugovor. = I will extend the contract.

The imperfective partner would be something like produžavati, which would suggest repeated, ongoing, or habitual action in the right context.

So here, produžiti is the natural choice because the action is seen as one completed event.

How do I pronounce produžiću?

A rough pronunciation guide is:

pro-doo-ZHEE-choo

A few key sounds:

ž sounds like the s in measure
ć is a soft sound, somewhat like a very soft ch, but more palatal
ću sounds roughly like choo, though not exactly the English ch

So:

produžiću ≈ pro-doo-ZHEE-choo

If you want to sound more natural, pay attention to the soft final part -ću.

How would I make this sentence negative?

The usual negative form would be:

Neću produžiti ugovor sutra.
I will not extend the contract tomorrow.

Notice that the negative future uses neću, written as one word.

So:

ću = I will
neću = I will not

You normally do not attach neću to the main verb the way ću can be attached.

How would I turn this into a question?

A natural question would be:

Hoćeš li produžiti ugovor sutra? = Will you extend the contract tomorrow?
Hoće li produžiti ugovor sutra? = Will he/she extend the contract tomorrow?

If you want to ask about I, Serbian more often uses another wording such as:

Da li ću produžiti ugovor sutra? = Will I extend the contract tomorrow?

So for yes/no questions, Serbian often uses:

da li
or hoćeš li / hoće li / ćemo li, depending on the subject

Is Produžiću ugovor sutra more natural than Produžiću sutra ugovor?

Usually, yes.

Produžiću ugovor sutra sounds more neutral and natural in many contexts.

Putting sutra at the end is very common when it simply adds time information after the main statement.

Produžiću ugovor sutra. = neutral, everyday
Produžiću sutra ugovor. = possible, but less neutral and more marked

So if you are unsure, Produžiću ugovor sutra is a very safe choice.

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