Questions & Answers about Doručak je svež i ukusan danas.
Why is je used in this sentence?
Je is the 3rd person singular present tense of biti (to be), so it means is.
In Doručak je svež i ukusan danas, the structure is:
- Doručak = subject
- je = is
- svež i ukusan = predicate adjectives describing the subject
- danas = today
So the sentence literally follows the pattern Breakfast is fresh and tasty today.
Why are svež and ukusan in that form?
They agree with doručak, which is:
- masculine
- singular
- nominative
Because of that, the adjectives also appear in the masculine singular nominative form:
- svež
- ukusan
If the noun were feminine, the forms would change, for example:
- Hrana je sveža i ukusna.
(The food is fresh and tasty.)
If it were neuter:
- Jelo je sveže i ukusno.
Is doručak in the nominative case here?
Yes. Doručak is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the .