Da li ćeš večeras čitati poruku?

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.

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.

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

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

So:

• ćeš čitati = you will read

Here:

• ćeš carries the future meaning
• čitati gives the main action

This is a normal and very common future-tense pattern in Serbian.

This is about aspect, which is very important in Serbian.

• čitati = imperfective
• pročitati = perfective

Very roughly:

• čitati focuses on the action itself, or on reading in a general/ongoing sense
• pročitati focuses on completing the action, often reading through / finishing

So:

• Da li ćeš večeras čitati poruku? can sound like Will you be reading the message tonight? / Will you read the message tonight?
• Da li ćeš večeras pročitati poruku? more strongly suggests Will you read/finish the message tonight?

In many contexts, either could appear, but they do not feel exactly the same.

Because it is the direct object of the verb, so it goes into the accusative case.

The dictionary form is:

• poruka = message

The accusative singular is:

• poruku

So:

• čitati poruku = to read a message / the message

This is a very common pattern with feminine nouns ending in -a:

• nominative: knjiga

• accusative: knjigu

• nominative: poruka
• accusative: poruku

In Serbian, subject pronouns are often left out because the verb form already shows the person.

Here, ćeš already tells you the subject is you (singular).

So Serbian does not need ti unless you want to add emphasis or contrast.

Compare:

• Da li ćeš večeras čitati poruku? = neutral, normal
• Da li ćeš ti večeras čitati poruku? = adds emphasis, like Will you be the one reading the message tonight?

Večeras is an adverb of time meaning this evening or tonight.

It tells you when the action will happen.

It does not change for case here, because it is not a noun in this sentence; it functions as an adverb.

So:

• večeras = tonight
• sutra = tomorrow
• danas = today

Yes. Serbian word order is more flexible than English word order.

This sentence is perfectly natural:

• Da li ćeš večeras čitati poruku?

But you may also hear:

• Hoćeš li večeras čitati poruku?

And depending on emphasis, other elements can move around:

• Da li ćeš čitati poruku večeras?
• Večeras ćeš čitati poruku? (often with special intonation, more conversational)

The basic meaning stays similar, but the emphasis can shift.

No. Another very common way is:

• Hoćeš li večeras čitati poruku?

This is also a standard yes/no question pattern in Serbian.

So both are common:

• Da li ćeš večeras čitati poruku?
• Hoćeš li večeras čitati poruku?

They mean essentially the same thing. A learner should understand both.

Yes. Serbian does not have articles like a and the, so poruku can mean either:

• a message
• the message

The exact meaning depends on context.

So this sentence could be understood as:

• Will you read a message tonight?
• Will you read the message tonight?

In real use, the situation usually makes it clear which one is meant.