Milijun je velik broj.

to be

Breakdown of Milijun je velik broj.

• velik: big
• broj: number
• milijun: a million

Questions & Answers about Milijun je velik broj.

What does je mean here?

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

• milijun = million
• je = is
• velik broj = a large number

So grammatically, je links the subject to the description, just like is in English.

Why is je placed after milijun?

Because je is a clitic in Croatian. Clitics are short unstressed words that usually go in second position in the sentence or after the first stressed phrase.

So in:

Milijun je velik broj.

the first element is Milijun, and je comes right after it.

This is very normal in Croatian:

• Ana je ovdje. = Ana is here.
• Ovo je dobro. = This is good.

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