Informacija je važna.

to be

Breakdown of Informacija je važna.

• važan: important
• informacija: information

Questions & Answers about Informacija je važna.

What is the grammatical role of each word in Informacija je važna?

• informacija = the subject, information
• je = is, the 3rd person singular present form of biti (to be)
• važna = important, an adjective describing the subject

So the sentence has the very common pattern subject + is + adjective.

Why is there no word for the or a?

Serbian does not have articles like English the and a/an.

So Informacija je važna can mean:

• The information is important
• Information is important
• sometimes even A piece of information is important, depending on context

Context tells you whether the noun is definite or indefinite.

What case is informacija in here?

It is in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence.

The dictionary form of a noun is normally nominative singular, so informacija appears here in its basic form.

Why does važna end in -a?