Žena je trudna.

to be

Breakdown of Žena je trudna.

• žena: woman
• trudan: pregnant

Questions & Answers about Žena je trudna.

Why is it žena and not some other form of the noun?

Žena is in the nominative singular, which is the form typically used for the subject of the sentence.

In Žena je trudna, žena is the person being talked about, so nominative is the correct case.

A few useful forms of žena are:

• žena = nominative singular
• žene = genitive singular / nominative plural
• ženu = accusative singular
• ženi = dative/locative singular
• ženom = instrumental singular

Here, the basic subject form žena is exactly what you need.

What is je?

Je is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb biti (to be).

So:

• ja sam = I am
• ti si = you are
• on/ona/ono je = he/she/it is

In this sentence, je links the subject žena with the description trudna, just like is in English.

So grammatically, the structure is:

• Žena = subject
• je = is
• trudna = predicate adjective