Osiguravač će platiti naknadu štete.

will

Breakdown of Osiguravač će platiti naknadu štete.

• platiti: to pay
• osiguravač: an insurer
• naknada štete: compensation for damage

Questions & Answers about Osiguravač će platiti naknadu štete.

What does osiguravač mean here?

Osiguravač means the insurer — the company or party that provides the insurance and is responsible for paying the claim.

Grammatically, it is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence.

What does će platiti mean?

Će platiti means will pay.

This is the Serbian future tense:

• će = future auxiliary
• platiti = infinitive to pay

So the structure is basically:

• Osiguravač = insurer
• će platiti = will pay
• naknadu štete = compensation for damage

Why is the verb platiti, not plaćati?

Because platiti is the perfective form, and Serbian often uses a perfective verb when talking about a single completed action in the future.

Here, the idea is that the insurer will make the payment / complete the payment.

Compare:

• platiti = to pay, as a completed act
• plaćati = to be paying / to pay repeatedly or habitually

In a legal or insurance statement, platiti is the natural choice.