Čim završim posao, odmah ću te pozvati.

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Breakdown of Čim završim posao, odmah ću te pozvati.

• hteti: will
• pozvati: to call
• čim: as soon as

Questions & Answers about Čim završim posao, odmah ću te pozvati.

What does čim mean here?

Čim means as soon as.

It introduces a time clause:

• Čim završim posao = as soon as I finish work / the job

It usually suggests that the second action happens immediately after the first one.

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Why is it završim and not završavam or završiću?

Because Serbian uses the present tense of a perfective verb after time words like čim when talking about the future.

• završim = 1st person singular present of završiti, a perfective verb
• perfective = the action is seen as completed

So:

• Čim završim posao... literally looks like As soon as I finish the job...
• but it refers to a future completed action

Why not the others?

• završavam is imperfective, so it focuses more on the process or repeated action
• završiću is future tense, but after čim Serbian normally does not use future here

So Čim završim posao is the natural pattern.

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Why isn’t ja included?

Because Serbian often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the person clear.

Here, the forms already show :