Lesson Goals

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• Form and use the conditional mood in Serbian
• Differentiate between real conditions (First Conditional) and hypothetical conditions (Second Conditional)
• Use bih + past participle for hypothetical actions
• Combine with Futur II and past tense in conditional sentences

1. Conditional Mood Overview

The conditional mood expresses actions that depend on a condition.

There are two main types in Serbian:

1. First Conditional — Real, possible situations
2. Second Conditional — Unreal, hypothetical situations

2. First Conditional

Structure:

[If clause: Futur II] + [Main clause: Futur I]

• Ako budem imao vremena, doći ću. — If I have time, I will come.
• Ako budeš učila, položićeš ispit. — If you study, you will pass the exam.

The if clause uses Futur II because the action is completed before the main action.