Kvar će zaustaviti auto.

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Breakdown of Kvar će zaustaviti auto.

• hteti: will
• kvar: fault or malfunction
• zaustaviti: to stop; halt

Questions & Answers about Kvar će zaustaviti auto.

What tense is će zaustaviti?

It is the Serbian future I tense.

It is formed with:

• će = a clitic form of hteti (to want, but used here as a future marker)
• zaustaviti = the infinitive to stop

So the pattern is basically:

subject + će + infinitive

Why is će separate here instead of attached to the verb?

Because će is a clitic, and Serbian clitics normally go in second position in the sentence or clause.

Here, the first word is Kvar, so će comes right after it:

• Kvar će zaustaviti auto.

If the verb came first, you would often get the joined form:

• Zaustaviće auto.

But with Kvar at the front, Kvar će zaustaviti auto is the normal standard pattern.

Why is the verb zaustaviti and not some present-tense form like zaustavlja?

Because after će in this future construction, Serbian uses the infinitive, not the present tense.

So:

• će zaustaviti = will stop
• not će zaustavlja

A present-tense form such as zaustavlja would belong to a different structure and would not fit this sentence.

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