Ovo je važna činjenica.

to be

Breakdown of Ovo je važna činjenica.

• ovo: this
• važan: important
• činjenica: a fact

Questions & Answers about Ovo je važna činjenica.

What does each word in Ovo je važna činjenica do?

A word-for-word breakdown is:

• ovo = this
• je = is
• važna = important
• činjenica = fact

So the structure is basically:

this + is + important fact

More naturally in English: This is an important fact.

Why is it ovo and not ova, since činjenica is feminine?

This is a very common question.

In this sentence, ovo is a standalone demonstrative pronoun, meaning this.

It is not directly attached to činjenica as an adjective. So Croatian can use ovo here even though činjenica is feminine:

• Ovo je važna činjenica. = This is an important fact.

But if you want to say this fact, where this directly modifies fact, then it must agree with činjenica and you use ova:

• ova činjenica = this fact

So:

• ovo = this as a pronoun
• ova činjenica = this fact as a noun phrase