Ovaj trenutak je važan.

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Breakdown of Ovaj trenutak je važan.

• ovaj: this
• važan: important
• trenutak: a moment

Questions & Answers about Ovaj trenutak je važan.

Why is it ovaj and not ova or ovo?

Because ovaj has to agree with trenutak.

In Serbian, demonstratives like this change form depending on the noun’s:

• gender
• number
• case

Trenutak is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative

So the correct form is ovaj.

Compare:

• ovaj trenutak = this moment
• ova knjiga = this book
• ovo vreme = this time

So ovaj is simply the masculine singular nominative form.

Why is trenutak in this form?

Trenutak is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence.

In Ovaj trenutak je važan, the structure is basically:

• Ovaj trenutak = the subject
• je važan = the predicate

The basic dictionary form of the noun is also trenutak, so this is the normal subject form.

What exactly is je?

Je is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb , which means .