This is the easiest tense because you only need to memorize forms of the verb HTETI – to want. We already considered this verb in previous lessons, but in the future tense it will have a bit different form.
Formulas of the future tense
There are three variants of forming the future tense, the first and second are equal:
Variant 1: (pronoun) + HTETI + verb in infinitive
Variant 2: (pronoun)+ HTETI + da + verb conjugated with appropriate pronoun
And not let’s consider the conjugation of the verb HTETI in the future tense with examples.
ZNATI – to know
| Variant 1 | Variant 2 | |
| Ja ću znati | Ja ću da znam | I will know |
| Ti ćeš znati | Ti ćeš da znaš | You will know |
| On, ona će znati | On, ona će da zna | He, she will know |
| Mi ćemo znati | Mi ćemo da znamo | We will know |
| Vi ćete znati | Vi ćete da znati | You will know |
| Oni će znati | Oni da znaju | They will know |
And also, we have to consider interrogative and negative forms.
Variant 3: infinitive stem with the appropriate form of HTETI instead of ending
POKUŠATI – to try/to attempt, stem POKUŠA-
| Variant 3 | |
| (Ja) pokušaću | I will try |
| (Ti) pokušaćeš | You will try |
| (On, ona) pokušaće | He, she will try |
| (Mi) pokušaćemo | We will try |
| (Vi) pokušaćete | You will try |
| (Oni, one, ona) pokušaće | They will try |
This variant is equal to the two previous ones. But this one is used without pronouns. However, the pronoun can be used here if we want to emphasize who performs the action, for example, Pokušaću – I will try, usual expression; Ja pokušaću – I will try, emphasizing that I will try but not someone else.
Examples
Šta ćeš da radiš sutra? – What will you do tomorrow?
Ja probaću da uradim nešto – I will try to do something
Ja ću to popraviti večeras – I will fix it at evening
Ona neće da zna – She will not know
Mi nećemo da zapamtimo ovo pravilo – We will not memorize this rule
Da li ćete spremati večeru? – Will you prepare the dinner?
Da li ćemo ići u pozorište večeras? – Will we go to the theater tonight?
David će da prevedi tekst sutra – David will translate the text tomorrow
Šta ćete raditi ako imate milion dinara? – What will you do if you have million dinars?
Ona će biti na poslu do osam sati – She will be at work until 8 o’clock
Kada ćeš posetiti tvoju baku? – When do you visit your grandma?
Vocabulary
| raditi(imp.)/uraditi(perf.) – to do/to work praviti(imp.)/popraviti(perf.) – to fix pamtiti – to remember zapamtiti – to memorize prevoditi – to translate posao – work/job pozorište – theater baka – grandma | spremati – to prepare večera – dinner večeras – at evening pravilo – rule nešto – something sutra – tomorrow osam – eight (8) sat – hour |
Serbian prepositions
| K | To |
| Do | To |
| U | In, to |
| Od | from |
| Iz | From, out of |
| S | From, with |
| Unutar | Inside |
| Ispred | In front of |
| Na | On |
| Nad | Above |
| Pod | Under |
| Između | Between |
| Preko | through |
| Kroz | through |
Exercises
Use future tense
- Ja ______________ za tobom (TRCATI – to run) – I will run after you
- Ona ______________ u bazenu (PLIVATI – swim) – She will swim in pool (bazen – pool)
- Moja porodica ______________ u vikendici (BITI – to be) – My family will be in the country house (porodica – family, vikendica – country house)
- Dete ______________ na podu (PUZATI – to crawl) – The children will crawl on the floor (dete – children, pod – floor)
- Hoćeš da mi ______________? (POMOĆ – to help) – Will you help me?
- Gde______________ sutra? (IĆI – to go) – Where will you go tomorrow?
- ____________ pivo! (PITI – to drink) – I won’t drink beer!
- Šta ____________________ kada završiš fakultet? (RADITI – to do) – What will you do when you finish university?
- Da li vaša deca ___________________ u školu danas? (IĆI – to do) – Will your children go to school today?
- Kako ____ to _________________ na nas? (UTICATI – to affect) – How will it affect us?
- Ko ___________________ ovaj proizvod? (KUPITI – to buy) – Who will buy this product?
- Novinar _______________ članak za naš žurnal (NAPISATI – to write) – The journalist will write an article for our journal
- ___________________ film sa celom porodicom (GLEDATI – to watch) – We will watch the film with the whole family
- Vi _____________________ negde ovog leta? (PUTOVATI – to travel) – Will you travel anywhere this summer?
- Da li ___________________dug uskoro? (ZAPLATITI – to pay) – When you pay the debt?
Answers
1: ću trciti/ću da trcim, 2: će plivati/će da pliva, 3: će biti, 4: će puzati/će puzaju, 5: pomogneš, 6: ćeš ići/ćeš da ides, 7: neću piti, 8: ćeš raditi/ćeš da radiš, 9: će ići, 10: će to uticati, 11: će kupiti/će da kupi, 12: će napisati/će da napisa, 13: gledaćemo, 14: ćete putovati/ćete da putujete, 15: uplatićeš