Naduvaćemo balone.

We will inflate the balloons.

Breakdown of Naduvaćemo balone.

• balon: a balloon
• naduvati: to inflate

Questions & Answers about Naduvaćemo balone.

What tense is naduvaćemo?

It is future tense: we will inflate / blow up. The form includes ćemo, which corresponds to we will.

Why is naduvaćemo written as one word?

Because Serbian can form the future in two ways:

• Mi ćemo naduvati balone.
• Naduvaćemo balone.

In the second pattern, the infinitive naduvati loses -ti, and the future auxiliary ćemo attaches to it:

naduvati + ćemo → naduvaćemo

Both are correct.

What is the dictionary form of naduvaćemo?

The dictionary form is naduvati.

A useful comparison is:

• duvati = to blow
• naduvati = to inflate, to blow up

So the prefix na- helps turn the basic idea of blowing into inflating.

Why is there no word for we?

Because Serbian often leaves subject pronouns out when they are already clear from the verb form.

Here, -ćemo already tells you the subject is we, so mi is unnecessary unless you want emphasis: