The future tense in Serbian

The future tense in Serbian (Futur I)

 

If you are wondering how to correctly form the future tense in Serbian, you should know that there are three possible forms and all three mean completely the same and they are equally used, so you can decide which form suits you best. Let’s take a look at these forms. We will start by learning the auxiliary form needed for the formation of the FUTUR I tense. That auxiliary verb is the verb HTETI. Although HTETI can be used as a regular verb, with the meaning “to want”, here it is not in that function, but it is an auxiliary verb used solely for the formation of this (FUTUR I) tense.

The auxiliary verb HTETI

 

ja ću	mi ćemo
ti ćeš	vi ćete
on, ona, ono će	oni, one, ona će

 

1.Verbs that have their infinitive ending with -TI

 

 

	HTETI + INFINITIV	HETETI + DA + PREZENT	VERB STEM + HTETI (takes the first position, no personal pronouns, written as one word)
RADITI	ja ću raditi ti ćeš raditi on, ona, ono će raditi mi ćemo raditi vi ćete raditi oni, one, ona će raditi	ja ću da radim ti ćeš da radiš on, ona, ono će da radi mi ćemo da radimo vi ćete da radite oni, one, ona će da rade	radiću radićeš radiće radićemo radićete radiće

 

 

2.Verbs that have their infinitive ending with -ĆI

 

 

	HTETI + INFINITIV	HETETI + DA + PREZENT	VERB STEM + HTETI (takes the first position, no personal pronouns, written as two words)
IĆI	ja ću ići ti ćeš ići on, ona, ono će ići mi ćemo ići vi ćete ići oni, one, ona će ići	ja ću da idem ti ćeš da ideš on, ona, ono će da ide mi ćemo da idemo vi ćete da idete oni, one, ona će da idu	ići ću ići ćeš ići će ići ćemo ići ćete ići će