Lik je važan u filmu.

to be

Breakdown of Lik je važan u filmu.

• u: in
• film: movie
• važan: important

Questions & Answers about Lik je važan u filmu.

Why is je used here?

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

So the sentence structure is:

• lik = subject
• je = is
• važan = predicate adjective (important)

Croatian usually needs this form of to be in sentences like this:

• Lik je važan. = The character is important.

One useful thing to notice: je is a clitic, so it normally appears in the second position in the sentence.

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Why is it važan and not važna or važno?

Because važan has to agree with lik in gender, number, and case.

• lik is masculine singular
• so the adjective must also be masculine singular
• therefore: važan

Compare:

• lik je važan → masculine singular
• uloga je važna → feminine singular
• mjesto je važno → neuter singular

This agreement is very important in Croatian.

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What case is lik in?