Breakdown of Osiguranik će platiti premiju osiguranja.
hteti
will
platiti
to pay
osiguranik
an insured person; policyholder
premija osiguranja
an insurance premium
Questions & Answers about Osiguranik će platiti premiju osiguranja.
Why is osiguranik in that form?
Because osiguranik is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative singular.
- Base form: osiguranik
- Gender: masculine
- Number: singular
- Case: nominative
In this sentence, it means the person who is insured, or in some contexts the insured party.
Why is the future written as će platiti?
This is the normal way to form the future tense in Serbian.
The future is made with:
- a form of hteti as an auxiliary
- plus the infinitive of the main verb
Here:
- će = the 3rd person future auxiliary
- platiti = infinitive, to pay
So će platiti means will pay.
A useful pattern:
- ja ću platiti = I will pay
- ti ćeš platiti = you will pay
- on/ona/ono će platiti = he/she/it will pay
- oni/one/ona će platiti = they will pay
Notice that će is used for both he/she/it and they, so the subject tells you who is meant.
Why is it premiju, not premija?