Zakon je važan.

to be

Breakdown of Zakon je važan.

• važan: important
• zakon: a law

Questions & Answers about Zakon je važan.

Why is there no word for the in Zakon je važan?

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

So zakon can mean:

• law
• the law
• a law

The exact meaning depends on context. In a sentence like Zakon je važan, English often translates it as The law is important or Law is important, depending on the situation.

What does je mean here?

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

So it means is.

• zakon = law
• je = is
• važan = important

This is a very common Serbian sentence pattern:

noun + je + adjective

For example:

• Grad je velik. = The city is big.
• Problem je ozbiljan. = The problem is serious.

Why is važan written that way? Why not važna or važno?

Because važan has to agree with zakon.

Zakon is:

• masculine