Breakdown of Bibliotekar će proveriti signaturu.
hteti
will
proveriti
to check
bibliotekar
a librarian
signatura
a shelf mark
Questions & Answers about Bibliotekar će proveriti signaturu.
What tense is će proveriti?
It is the future tense in Serbian, often called Future I.
- će = the future auxiliary
- proveriti = to check / to verify
So će proveriti means will check.
In this sentence:
- Bibliotekar = the librarian
- će proveriti = will check
- signaturu = the call number / shelf mark / signature
Why is it će proveriti and not just one verb form?
Serbian often forms the future with:
- the clitic auxiliary ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će
- plus the infinitive
So:
- ja ću proveriti = I will check
- on/ona će proveriti = he/she will check
With a full noun subject like bibliotekar, the auxiliary usually appears as a separate word:
- Bibliotekar će proveriti signaturu.
You may also see joined forms like proveriće, but those are much more typical when there is no separate word in front of the auxiliary, or in slightly different word-order patterns. For a learner, Bibliotekar će proveriti is the most straightforward pattern to recognize.
Why is će in second position?