Korisnik će pozajmiti primerak.

will

Breakdown of Korisnik će pozajmiti primerak.

• korisnik: a user; patron
• primerak: a copy (of a publication)
• pozajmiti: to borrow; lend

Questions & Answers about Korisnik će pozajmiti primerak.

Why is će used here, and how do I form the future tense in Serbian?

će is the clitic form of the verb hteti (to want), and in modern Serbian it is used to form the future tense.

So:

• korisnik = user
• će pozajmiti = will borrow

A very common way to form the future is:

• ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će + infinitive

Examples:

• Ja ću doći = I will come
• Ona će čitati = She will read
• Korisnik će pozajmiti primerak = The user will borrow a copy

So in this sentence, će pozajmiti is simply will borrow.

Why is it će pozajmiti and not just one verb form like in some other languages?

In Serbian, the future is often built analytically, meaning with two parts:

1. the auxiliary/clitic će
2. the main verb in the infinitive: pozajmiti

So instead of one single future verb ending, Serbian commonly uses this structure:

• će + infinitive

There is also another very common future construction in speech:

• će da + present tense

For example:

• Korisnik će pozajmiti primerak
• Korisnik će da pozajmi primerak

Both can mean the same thing: The user will borrow a copy.

Why is će in second position?