Questions & Answers about Možemo da razgovaramo kasnije, jer sada radim.
What does možemo mean, and what form is it?
Možemo means we can or we are able to.
It is the 1st person plural present-tense form of moći (to be able / can).
So:
- mogu = I can
- možeš = you can
- može = he/she/it can
- možemo = we can
In this sentence, it tells you that we are the ones who can do something later.
Why is it da razgovaramo instead of just razgovarati?
In Serbian, it is very common to use da + present tense where English uses an infinitive.
So:
- Možemo da razgovaramo = We can talk
- literally, this looks like We can that we talk, but that is just how Serbian often builds this idea
With modal verbs like moći, Serbian often prefers this pattern:
- mogu da radim
- hoću da idem
- moramo da čekamo
You may also hear Možemo razgovarati kasnije, with the infinitive razgovarati. That is also possible, but da razgovaramo is extremely natural in Serbian.
What exactly is razgovaramo here?