Lesson Seven, Norms

Spelling of the Future Tense

There are two ways of spelling the auxiliary verb in the future tense. First, it can precede the main verb in which case it is always spelled separately, for example:

Ja ću raditi 'I will work'

It can also be spelled after the main verb, in which case the following rules apply:

Verbs ending in -ći are always spelled separately from the auxiliary, e.g.:

Doći ću 'I will come'
Verbs ending in -ti are spelled in the following manner:

Croatian & Bosnian Muslim	Serbian
delete -i, spell separately, e.g. radit ću 'I will work.'	delete -ti, spell together, e.g., radiću

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