Breakdown of Osiguravač će platiti naknadu štete pod uslovom da polisa osiguranja važi.
hteti
will
platiti
to pay
polisa osiguranja
an insurance policy
osiguravač
an insurer
Questions & Answers about Osiguravač će platiti naknadu štete pod uslovom da polisa osiguranja važi.
What tense is će platiti, and how is it formed?
Će platiti is the future tense in Serbian, often called Future I.
It is formed with:
- the clitic će = will
- the infinitive platiti = to pay
So:
- osiguravač će platiti = the insurer will pay
A very common pattern is:
- Ja ću platiti = I will pay
- On će platiti = He will pay
- Osiguravač će platiti = The insurer will pay
In Serbian, this future construction is extremely common and works much like English will + verb.
Why is it platiti and not plaćati?
This is about verb aspect, which is very important in Serbian.
- platiti is perfective: to pay, as a completed act
- plaćati is imperfective: to be paying / to pay repeatedly / to pay in general
In this sentence, the idea is that the insurer will make one completed payment of compensation, so platiti is the natural choice.
Compare:
- Osiguravač će platiti naknadu. = The insurer will pay the compensation.
- Osiguravač će plaćati naknadu svakog meseca. = The insurer will pay compensation every month.
So platiti fits because this is a single, completed legal action.