Questions & Answers about Da li ćete sutra biti u kancelariji?
What does da li do in this sentence?
Da li is a very common way to turn a statement into a yes/no question in Serbian.
So:
- Vi ćete sutra biti u kancelariji. = You will be in the office tomorrow.
- Da li ćete sutra biti u kancelariji? = Will you be in the office tomorrow?
It does not have a direct one-word English equivalent. It functions like English do / does / did / will when used to form a question.
Serbian also allows other ways to form yes/no questions, but da li is one of the most standard and learner-friendly patterns.
Why is ćete used here?
Ćete is the 2nd person plural form of the auxiliary verb used to make the future tense.
It matches vi, which can mean:
- you all / you plural
- or you in a formal/polite singular sense
Future tense in Serbian is commonly built with:
- a form of hteti in its clitic future use: ću, ćeš, će, ćemo, ćete, će
- plus the infinitive or another future construction
Here:
- ćete = you will
- biti = to be
So ćete biti = will be
Why doesn’t the sentence explicitly include ?