Questions & Answers about Lekar će proveriti da li imam alergiju.
How is the future tense formed in Lekar će proveriti?
The future here is će proveriti = will check.
It is made of:
- će = the 3rd person singular future auxiliary, from hteti
- proveriti = the infinitive to check
So:
- ja ću proveriti = I will check
- ti ćeš proveriti = you will check
- on/ona će proveriti = he/she will check
Because lekar is singular, you use će.
Why is će separate here? Can it ever attach to the verb?
Yes. će is a clitic, so it often comes in the second position of the clause.
That is why you get:
- Lekar će proveriti... = The doctor will check...
If the verb comes first, Serbian often joins the future auxiliary to the verb:
- Proveriće da li imam alergiju.
Both are correct. But in a sentence with a subject first, Lekar će proveriti is the normal pattern.
A learner should avoid forms like Lekar proveriće... in neutral standard usage.
What does da li mean in this sentence?
Here da li means whether / if and introduces an indirect yes-no question.
So: