Sutra ću se probuditi rano, jer putujem vozom.

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Breakdown of Sutra ću se probuditi rano, jer putujem vozom.

• rano: early
• jer: because
• voz: train

Questions & Answers about Sutra ću se probuditi rano, jer putujem vozom.

Why is ću separated from probuditi? I thought the future was one word, like probudiću.

Both patterns exist in Serbian.

In this sentence, ću is the short form of hteti used to make the future, and it appears as a clitic, which usually goes in the second position of the clause:

• Sutra ću se probuditi rano.

You can also say:

• Probudiću se sutra rano.

So these are both natural:

• Sutra ću se probuditi rano.
• Probudiću se sutra rano.

Very roughly:

• if the infinitive stays after the clitic, you get ću + infinitive
• if the verb comes first, the future ending attaches to it: probudiću

Both mean the same thing here.

What exactly is ću?

Ću is the 1st person singular short future form of the verb hteti (to want), but in modern Serbian it is also used as an auxiliary to form the future tense.

The full set is:

• ja ću = I will
• ti ćeš = you will
• on/ona/ono će = he/she/it will
• mi ćemo = we will
• vi ćete = you will
• oni/one/ona će = they will

So in Sutra ću se probuditi rano, ću means I will.