Questions & Answers about Ovaj film je smešan.
Why is it ovaj and not some other form of this?
Ovaj is the masculine singular nominative form of this.
In Ovaj film je smešan, the noun film is:
- masculine
- singular
- in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence
So the demonstrative has to match it:
- ovaj film = this film
Other forms exist because Serbian changes words for gender, number, and case.
For example:
- ovaj film = this film
- ova knjiga = this book
- ovo dete = this child
How do I know that film is masculine?
In Serbian, film is a masculine noun. One clue is that many masculine nouns in the dictionary form end in a consonant, and film does.
Because it is masculine, adjectives and demonstratives that describe it also take masculine forms:
- ovaj film
- film je smešan
So both ovaj and smešan agree with film.
What is je doing in the sentence?
Je is the 3rd person singular form of the verb ().