Questions & Answers about Milion je veliki broj.
Why is there je in the sentence?
Je is the 3rd person singular present-tense form of biti (to be).
So here it means is.
- Milion je veliki broj. = A million is a big number.
In Serbian, this verb is often required just like is in English.
Why doesn’t Serbian use a or the here?
Serbian does not have articles like English a/an and the.
So milion can mean:
- a million
- the million
- simply million, depending on context
In this sentence, English naturally translates it as A million is a big number, but Serbian does not need a separate word for a.
Why is it veliki and not some other form like velika or veliko?
Because veliki agrees with broj.
In Serbian, adjectives must match the noun they describe in:
- gender
- number
- case
Broj (number) is:
- masculine
- singular