Word
Predavač će objasniti gradivo.
Meaning
The instructor will explain the course material.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Predavač će objasniti gradivo.
hteti
will
objasniti
to explain
predavač
an instructor; lecturer
gradivo
course material
Questions & Answers about Predavač će objasniti gradivo.
What does će mean in this sentence?
Će is the future-tense auxiliary here. It helps form Future I, the basic Serbian future tense.
So:
- Predavač = subject
- će objasniti = will explain
- gradivo = object
In other words, će is the part that corresponds to English will.
Why is the main verb objasniti in the infinitive?
Because after the future auxiliary ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će, Serbian often uses the infinitive.
So the pattern is:
- ja ću objasniti
- ti ćeš objasniti
- on/ona/ono će objasniti
That is why you do not say Predavač će objašnjava here.
Why is the verb objasniti and not objašnjavati?
This is about aspect, which is very important in Serbian.
- objasniti = perfective
It presents the action as a complete whole: to explain / to finish explaining - objašnjavati = imperfective
It presents the action as ongoing, repeated, or in progress: to be explaining / to explain repeatedly