Iznenađenje je važno.

to be

Breakdown of Iznenađenje je važno.

• važan: important
• iznenađenje: a surprise

Questions & Answers about Iznenađenje je važno.

What is iznenađenje grammatically?

Iznenađenje is a noun. In this sentence, it is:

• singular
• neuter gender
• in the nominative case

It functions as the subject of the sentence.

A useful detail for learners: nouns ending in -nje are often verbal nouns in Serbian, so iznenađenje is connected to the idea of being surprised / a surprise.

Why is there je in the middle?

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

So the sentence is built like:

• Iznenađenje = subject
• je = is
• važno = important

So literally, it is structured like Surprise is important.

Why does važno end in -o?

Because važno agrees with iznenađenje, which is a neuter singular noun.

In Serbian, adjectives must agree with the noun they describe or refer to in:

• gender
• number
• often case

Here, since iznenađenje is , the adjective is also :