Moj brat će nam doneti tortu.

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Breakdown of Moj brat će nam doneti tortu.

• brat: brother
• hteti: will
• doneti: to bring

Questions & Answers about Moj brat će nam doneti tortu.

Why is it moj brat and not some other form of moj?

Because moj has to agree with brat in gender, number, and case.

Here, brat is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative (because it is the subject)

So the correct form is moj brat.

If the noun changed, moj would change too. For example:

• moja sestra = my sister
• mog brata = of my brother / my brother (in some other cases)
• mom bratu = to my brother

What case is brat in here?

Brat is in the nominative case.

It is the subject of the sentence, the person doing the action:

• Moj brat = the one who will bring the cake

In Serbian, the subject is usually in the nominative.

What exactly is će?

Će is the future-tense auxiliary.

More specifically, it is the 3rd person singular clitic form used to make the future:

• ja ću
• ti ćeš
• on/ona/ono će
• mi ćemo