Breakdown of Mobilni operater će aktivirati SIM karticu.
hteti
will
mobilni operater
a mobile operator
SIM kartica
a SIM card
aktivirati
to activate
Questions & Answers about Mobilni operater će aktivirati SIM karticu.
What is each word doing in this sentence grammatically?
- Mobilni operater = the subject of the sentence
- će = the future-tense auxiliary in 3rd person singular
- aktivirati = the main verb in the infinitive
- SIM karticu = the direct object
So the structure is basically:
subject + future auxiliary + main verb + object
How is the future tense formed in će aktivirati?
Serbian often forms the future with a form of hteti (to want / will) plus the infinitive.
Here:
- će = will for he/she/it
- aktivirati = to activate
So će aktivirati literally works like will activate.
Other examples:
- Ja ću uraditi = I will do
- Oni će doći = They will come
Why is će after Mobilni operater, not directly before aktivirati?
Because će is a clitic in Serbian. Clitics usually go in the second position of the sentence or clause.