Učlaniće se pod uslovom da potpiše obrazac.

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Breakdown of Učlaniće se pod uslovom da potpiše obrazac.

• potpisati: to sign
• pod uslovom da: provided that; on condition that
• učlaniti se: to join (an organization)

Questions & Answers about Učlaniće se pod uslovom da potpiše obrazac.

What does učlaniće se mean grammatically, and what is se doing there?

Učlaniće se is the future form of učlaniti se, a verb meaning to join or more literally to become a member.

The se is a reflexive particle. In this verb, it is part of the normal dictionary form: učlaniti se. It does not mean himself/herself in a literal English sense here. Many Serbian verbs simply use se as part of the verb.

So:

• učlaniti se = to join / to become a member
• učlaniće se = he/she/it will join

Why is učlaniće written as one word?

This is how the future tense is often written in Serbian when the future particle će is attached directly to the infinitive.

Compare:

• učlaniti = infinitive
• on će se učlaniti = he will join
• učlaniće se = will join / he-she will join

When će comes after the infinitive directly, the infinitive usually drops -ti and combines with će:

• raditi → radiće
• potpisati → potpisaće
• učlaniti → učlaniće

So učlaniće se is a normal contracted future form.

Why does the sentence use da potpiše instead of an infinitive like da potpisati?