Glazura je plava.

The glaze is blue.

Breakdown of Glazura je plava.

• biti: to be
• plav: blue
• glazura: glaze

Questions & Answers about Glazura je plava.

What does je mean in this sentence?

Je is the 3rd-person singular present form of biti, which means to be.
So here it means is.

The sentence structure is:

• Glazura = the subject
• je = is
• plava = an adjective describing the subject

Why is it plava and not plav or plavo?

Because Croatian adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and case.

Glazura is feminine singular, so the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• plav = masculine
• plava = feminine
• plavo = neuter

So glazura je plava is the correct match.

Why is plava after je instead of directly before glazura?