Breakdown of Ozbiljan korisnik će vratiti primerak.
hteti
will
vratiti
to return
korisnik
a user; patron
primerak
a copy (of a publication)
Questions & Answers about Ozbiljan korisnik će vratiti primerak.
Why is će placed after Ozbiljan korisnik instead of before it?
Because će is a clitic in Serbian. Clitics usually go in the second position of the sentence or clause.
Here, the first whole unit is Ozbiljan korisnik (serious user), so će comes right after that unit:
Ozbiljan korisnik će vratiti primerak.
This is very normal Serbian word order.
How is the future tense formed in će vratiti?
This is the future tense formed with:
- the auxiliary će
- plus the infinitive vratiti
So:
- će vratiti = will return
Unlike English, Serbian does not use a separate word like to before the infinitive here. The infinitive is simply vratiti.
A useful comparison:
- On će vratiti primerak. = He will return the copy.
- Vratiće primerak. = He will return the copy. / Will return the copy.
That second version is common when the verb phrase comes first.
Why is the adjective ozbiljan in that form?