Da li ćeš večeras čitati poruku?

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Breakdown of Da li ćeš večeras čitati poruku?

• čitati: to read
• poruka: message
• večeras: tonight

Questions & Answers about Da li ćeš večeras čitati poruku?

What does da li do in this sentence?

Da li is a common way to turn a statement into a yes/no question in Serbian.

So:

• Čitaćeš poruku večeras. = You will read the message tonight.
• Da li ćeš večeras čitati poruku? = Will you read the message tonight?

It does not really translate word-for-word into natural English; it is just a question marker.

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Why is ćeš used here?

Ćeš is the 2nd person singular form of the auxiliary verb used to make the future tense.

It means something like you will.

The forms are:

• ću = I will
• ćeš = you will
• će = he/she/it will
• ćemo = we will
• ćete = you (plural/formal) will
• će = they will

So ćeš tells you the sentence is about you and that it refers to the future.

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Why is the verb čitati in the infinitive?

In this kind of future-tense construction, Serbian often uses:

• ću / ćeš / će / ćemo / ćete / će
  • infinitive

So:

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