Breakdown of Sutra putujemo prema planini, pa nosim svoj kaput.
sutra
tomorrow
putovati
to travel
kaput
coat
svoj
my
Questions & Answers about Sutra putujemo prema planini, pa nosim svoj kaput.
Why does sutra mean tomorrow without any extra word like on or the?
In Serbian, sutra by itself means tomorrow. You do not need an article or a preposition.
So:
- Sutra putujemo... = Tomorrow we’re traveling...
Serbian also has danas = today and juče = yesterday.
Why is putujemo in the present tense if the sentence is about the future?
Serbian very often uses the present tense for a planned or scheduled future action, especially when there is a time word like sutra.
So:
- Sutra putujemo literally looks like Tomorrow we travel / are traveling
- but naturally means Tomorrow we’re traveling
This is very common in Serbian and works a lot like English sentences such as Tomorrow we leave.
What form is putujemo?
Putujemo is the 1st person plural present tense of putovati = to travel.
It means:
- we travel
- we are traveling
- in context, we are traveling tomorrow