Breakdown of Ova pitanja su zanimljiva.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
ovaj
this (m) / ova (f), ovo (n)
zanimljiv
interesting
pitanje
question
Questions & Answers about Ova pitanja su zanimljiva.
Why do ova, pitanja, and zanimljiva all end in -a? Doesn't that mean they are feminine?
In this sentence, they are actually neuter plural! Regular neuter nouns take an -a ending in the plural. The adjectives and pronouns that describe them must also take an -a ending to match. It looks exactly like the feminine singular, but the plural verb su (are) tells you it means multiple things.
What is the singular form of pitanja?
The singular is pitanje (question). Because it ends in -e, it is a neuter noun. To make regular neuter nouns plural, you replace the -e or -o with -a to get pitanja.
Why use ova for "these" instead of ovi or ove?
You choose the word for "these" based on the noun's gender. Ovi is for masculine plural nouns, and ove is for feminine plural nouns. Since pitanja is neuter plural, we must use the neuter plural form, which is ova.
How do I know if zanimljiva means a feminine singular "interesting" or a neuter plural "interesting"?
You look at the noun it describes! Since pitanja is a neuter plural noun, zanimljiva must also be neuter plural. If it were describing a feminine singular noun like knjiga (book), then it would be feminine singular.
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