Potrošač će podneti prigovor.

Serbian normally does not use articles.

So potrošač can mean either the consumer or a consumer, depending on context. In a legal or administrative sentence like this, English often uses the consumer because the person is understood as the relevant consumer in that situation.

It is the future tense in Serbian, often called future I.

The pattern here is:

će + infinitive

So:

• će = future auxiliary, from hteti
• podneti = infinitive, to submit / to file

Together, će podneti means will submit or will file.

Because će is a clitic: a short, unstressed word that usually goes in second position in the sentence or clause.

So Serbian prefers:

Potrošač će podneti prigovor.

rather than putting će somewhere later.

A useful rule of thumb is: clitics like će tend to come right after the first main word or phrase.

That is the normal standard way to form the future in Serbian:

• ću/ćeš/će... + infinitive

So će podneti is completely regular.

You may also see a joined form when the future clitic is attached directly to the verb, for example:

• Podneće prigovor.

In that joined form, the final -i of the infinitive disappears.

Here prigovor is the direct object, so it is in the accusative case.

But prigovor is a masculine inanimate noun, and for many masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative singular looks exactly the same as the nominative singular.

So:

• nominative: prigovor
• accusative: prigovor

That is why there is no visible ending change here.

This is a question of aspect, which is very important in Serbian.

• podneti = perfective
  one completed act, such as filing one complaint
• podnositi = imperfective
  repeated, ongoing, or habitual action

In this sentence, the idea is a single completed future action, so podneti is the natural choice.

Compare:

• Potrošač će podneti prigovor. = one complaint will be filed
• Potrošač će podnositi prigovore. = the consumer will be submitting complaints repeatedly / over time

Grammatically, potrošač is a masculine noun.

But in Serbian, especially in legal, formal, and administrative language, masculine nouns are often used generically, so potrošač can refer to a consumer in general, not necessarily a man.

If you want to refer specifically to a female consumer, you can use:

• potrošačica

So both are possible, depending on context and style.

Yes. Serbian word order is fairly flexible because case endings help show grammatical roles.

The neutral order here is:

Potrošač će podneti prigovor.

But you could also say:

• Prigovor će podneti potrošač.

That version shifts the emphasis, roughly like It is the consumer who will file the complaint or The complaint will be filed by the consumer.

The meaning stays similar, but the focus changes.

These letters are important:

• š sounds like sh in shoe
• č sounds roughly like ch in church
• ć is a softer sound than č; English does not have a perfect equivalent

So:

• Potrošač ≈ po-tro-shach
• će ≈ a soft chye sound
• prigovor ≈ pree-go-vor with a rolled or tapped r

A rough English-friendly approximation of the whole sentence is:

po-tro-shach chye pod-ne-ti pree-go-vor

Not perfect, but close enough for a beginner.

Yes, you may hear that in colloquial Serbian, especially in some regions:

• Potrošač će da podnese prigovor.

It is understandable and common in speech.

However, in standard written Serbian, especially in formal or legal language, će podneti prigovor is usually the better choice.

Not always.

Prigovor can mean:

• complaint
• objection
• formal grievance

The best English translation depends on context.

In a consumer-rights or administrative context, podneti prigovor often means to file / submit a complaint or to lodge an objection.

That is a standard variant difference.

This sentence uses the Ekavian Serbian form:

• podneti

In Ijekavian varieties, you may see:

• podnijeti

Both correspond to the same verb. If you are learning Serbian as used in most of Serbia, podneti is the form you will often meet.