Word
Sutra ćemo napraviti tortu.
Meaning
Tomorrow we will make a cake.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Sutra ćemo napraviti tortu.
What does each word in Sutra ćemo napraviti tortu do?
- Sutra = tomorrow; it is an adverb of time.
- ćemo = we will; this is the 1st person plural future auxiliary.
- napraviti = to make; this is the infinitive of a perfective verb.
- tortu = cake as the direct object, in the accusative singular.
So grammatically, the sentence is: Tomorrow + we will + make + cake.
How is the future tense formed here?
This is the Serbian future I tense.
It is formed with:
- a present-tense form of hteti (to want) used as a future auxiliary
- plus the infinitive of the main verb
The future auxiliary forms are:
- ću = I will
- ćeš = you will
- će = he/she/it will
- ćemo = we will
- ćete = you will
- će = they will
So here:
- ćemo = we will
- napraviti = make
Together: we will make.
Why is ćemo written as a separate word?
Because in this pattern, the future auxiliary comes before the infinitive: