Majstor će popraviti zid.

will

Breakdown of Majstor će popraviti zid.

• popraviti: to repair
• majstor: repair technician
• zid: wall

Questions & Answers about Majstor će popraviti zid.

What does majstor mean here?

Majstor usually means craftsman, repairman, workman, or skilled worker. In this sentence, it most naturally means someone like a handyman or repair worker.

It can also be used more broadly in Serbian:

• for someone highly skilled at a trade
• sometimes even figuratively, like a master at something

So here it is simply the person who will do the repair.

How is the future tense formed in Majstor će popraviti zid?

This is the Serbian future tense.

It is formed with:

• the short form of hteti (to want / will), here će
• plus the infinitive, here popraviti (to repair / to fix)

So:

• majstor = the repairman / craftsman
• će = will
• popraviti = repair / fix
• zid = wall

Literally, the structure is: [subject] + [will] + [infinitive] + [object]

Why is će used here?

Će is the 3rd person singular short form of the verb hteti when used to build the future tense.

Here are the short future forms:

• ću = I will