Breakdown of Snabdevač će proveriti brojilo.
hteti
will
proveriti
to check
snabdevač
a supplier
brojilo
a utility meter
Questions & Answers about Snabdevač će proveriti brojilo.
Why is će used here, and what tense is će proveriti?
Će proveriti forms the future tense in Serbian, so the sentence is in the future: will check.
A very common way to form the future is:
subject + će + infinitive
So here:
- snabdevač = supplier/provider
- će proveriti = will check
- brojilo = meter
Why is će placed after snabdevač instead of before the verb?
In Serbian, će is a clitic, which means it usually goes in the second position of the sentence or clause.
So the neutral order is:
Snabdevač će proveriti brojilo.
Not usually:
- Će snabdevač proveriti brojilo. ✗
This “second-position” rule is very important in Serbian word order. The first full element is snabdevač, so će comes right after it.
Why is the verb proveriti and not proverava or proveravati?
Proveriti is the perfective infinitive, meaning it refers to a completed, single action: to check / to inspect once.
In this sentence, the idea is that the supplier will carry out one checking event, so fits naturally.