Kilometraža je velika.

Kilometraža usually means mileage — the total number of kilometers a vehicle has traveled. In everyday use, it is especially common when talking about cars.

So in a sentence like Kilometraža je velika, it usually means the car has high mileage.

It can sometimes also refer more generally to the number of kilometers covered, but for many learners, mileage is the most useful core meaning.

Je is the 3rd person singular present tense of biti (to be).

So:

• ja sam = I am
• ti si = you are
• on/ona/ono je = he/she/it is

In Kilometraža je velika, the subject kilometraža is singular, so Serbian uses je = is.

Because velika has to agree with kilometraža in gender and number.

Kilometraža is:

• feminine
• singular

So the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• masculine: velik
• feminine: velika
• neuter: veliko

That is why the sentence is Kilometraža je velika.

In Serbian, nouns ending in -a are very often feminine, and kilometraža follows that pattern.

So:

• kilometraža = feminine noun
• therefore: velika, not velik

This is a very common and useful pattern for learners, although there are some exceptions in Serbian.

Serbian does not have articles like a, an, or the.

So Kilometraža je velika can mean:

• The mileage is high
• Mileage is high
• The car has high mileage

The exact English translation depends on context, but Serbian simply does not mark that difference with articles.

Here kilometraža is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence.

Also, after biti (to be) in this kind of sentence, the adjective velika is also in the nominative:

• Kilometraža = nominative singular feminine
• velika = nominative singular feminine

So this is a straightforward subject + verb + predicate adjective structure.

Yes. Serbian word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral, standard order is:

Kilometraža je velika.

But you may also hear:

Velika je kilometraža.

That can sound a bit more emphatic, as if highlighting high.

Still, for learners, Kilometraža je velika is the safest and most neutral version to use first.

It is understandable and grammatical, but in everyday speech native speakers may often use other phrasing depending on the situation.

For example:

• Auto ima veliku kilometražu. = The car has high mileage.
• Ovaj auto ima mnogo kilometara. = This car has many kilometers on it.

So Kilometraža je velika is correct, but in real conversation people may more often mention the car directly.

A rough pronunciation is:

kee-lo-meh-TRAH-zha

A few helpful notes:

• ž sounds like the s in measure
• j in Serbian sounds like English y
• r is rolled or tapped more than in English

So velika is roughly:

VEH-lee-kah

These are only approximations, but they are a good starting point.

Yes, in some contexts visoka kilometraža is very natural and often sounds especially good when talking about mileage in the sense of a high numerical value.

So both can work:

• Kilometraža je velika.
• Kilometraža je visoka.

In practice, visoka kilometraža is very common when talking about cars, because English also often says high mileage rather than big mileage. But velika is still understandable and grammatical.