Teorijska nastava je važna.

to be

Breakdown of Teorijska nastava je važna.

• važan: important
• nastava: classes; instruction
• teorijski: theoretical

Questions & Answers about Teorijska nastava je važna.

What does each word in Teorijska nastava je važna mean?

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• teorijska = theoretical
• nastava = teaching, instruction, or classes depending on context
• je = is
• važna = important

So the sentence literally reads: Theoretical instruction is important or Theoretical classes are important.

Why does teorijska end in -a?

Because it agrees with nastava, which is a feminine singular noun.

In Serbian, adjectives change their form to match the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

Since nastava is feminine singular, the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• masculine: teorijski
• feminine: teorijska
• neuter: teorijsko

So teorijska nastava is the correct matching form.

Why does važna also end in -a?

For the same reason: važna describes nastava, so it must agree with it.

Even though comes after and works like in English, Serbian still makes it match the subject: