Questions & Answers about Ovo su grickalice.
Because grickalice is plural, and the verb biti (to be) agrees with that plural noun here.
- je = is
- su = are
So:
- Ovo je grickalica. = This is a snack.
- Ovo su grickalice. = These are snacks.
Even though ovo looks singular, in this kind of identifying sentence the verb agrees with the noun being identified: grickalice.
Ovo is a demonstrative pronoun meaning something like this or, in English translation, sometimes these.
In sentences like this, Croatian often uses ovo as a general pointing/identifying word:
- Ovo je knjiga. = This is a book.
- Ovo su knjige. = These are books.
So ovo does not always map neatly to just one English word. In this sentence, it helps introduce or identify what you are pointing at.