Ionako ćemo nastaviti.

We will continue anyway.

Breakdown of Ionako ćemo nastaviti.

• hteti: will
• nastaviti: to continue
• ionako: anyway

Questions & Answers about Ionako ćemo nastaviti.

What does ionako mean in this sentence?

Here ionako means anyway, in any case, or regardless.

So Ionako ćemo nastaviti. means something like:

• We’ll continue anyway.
• We’re going to continue regardless.

The word often adds a nuance like it doesn’t really matter what happened before; the result is the same.

How is the future tense formed in ćemo nastaviti?

This is the Serbian future tense.

It is built with:

• a form of hteti (to want) used as an auxiliary
• plus the infinitive of the main verb

Here:

• ćemo = we will
• nastaviti = to continue

So:

• ćemo nastaviti = we will continue

This is a very common way to form the future in Serbian.

Why is there no separate word for we?

Because Serbian often drops subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb form.

In ćemo, the ending already tells you the subject is we.

So Serbian usually says:

• Ćemo nastaviti. =