Breakdown of Majstor će popraviti mašinu za pranje veša.
hteti
will
mašina za pranje veša
washing machine
popraviti
to repair
majstor
repair technician
Questions & Answers about Majstor će popraviti mašinu za pranje veša.
Why is će popraviti used here, and how does it express the future?
Će popraviti is the future tense in Serbian.
In this sentence, će is the future auxiliary, and popraviti is the infinitive to repair / to fix. Together they mean will repair.
For 3rd person singular:
- on će popraviti = he will repair
- ona će popraviti = she will repair
- ono će popraviti = it will repair
So Majstor će popraviti... literally means The repairman/craftsman will repair...
Why is it mašinu, not mašina?
Because mašinu is the accusative singular form of mašina.
The verb popraviti takes a direct object, and direct objects in Serbian often go in the accusative case.
Here:
- mašina = a machine / the machine (nominative, dictionary form)
- mašinu = machine (accusative singular)
Since the washing machine is the thing being repaired, Serbian uses:
- Majstor će popraviti mašinu.
This is very common with feminine nouns ending in -a:
- žena → ženu
- kuća → kuću
- mašina → mašinu