Sve je dobro sem plana.

to be

Breakdown of Sve je dobro sem plana.

• dobar: good
• plan: plan
• sav: all

Questions & Answers about Sve je dobro sem plana.

What exactly is sve here?

Here sve means everything.

It comes from the word sav / sva / sve, which means all or entire. When Serbian uses sve by itself like this, it usually means everything and is treated as grammatically neuter singular.

Why is the verb je singular and not su?

Because sve in the sense of everything is grammatically singular.

So:

• Sve je dobro = Everything is good
• not Sve su dobro

If the subject were truly plural, you would use su, for example:

• Svi su dobro = Everyone is well
• Planovi su dobri = The plans are good

Why is it dobro and not dobar, dobra, or dobri?

Because dobro agrees with sve.

Since sve here is treated as neuter singular, the predicate adjective also appears in the neuter singular form:

• dobar = masculine singular
• dobra = feminine singular
• = neuter singular