Breakdown of Polaznik će polagati završni ispit u učionici.
u
in
hteti
will
polaznik
a course participant; learner
učionica
a classroom
Questions & Answers about Polaznik će polagati završni ispit u učionici.
What does polaznik mean exactly?
Polaznik usually means a course participant, attendee, trainee, or student in the sense of someone attending a class, course, or training program.
It is a masculine singular noun here.
Its feminine counterpart is usually polaznica.
So in this sentence, polaznik is the person who will take the exam.
How does će polagati work? Is this the future tense?
Yes. će polagati is the future tense.
In Serbian, one common way to form the future is:
subject + present of hteti (clitic form) + infinitive
So here:
- će = will
- polagati = to take / to sit / to be taking an exam
Together, će polagati means will take.
The full verb hteti means to want, but in this construction its short form functions like will in English.
Why is it će polagati and not one single word?
Because Serbian often forms the future with the short clitic form of hteti plus the infinitive.
So:
- Polaznik će polagati =