Grejanje je pokvareno.

to be

Breakdown of Grejanje je pokvareno.

• grejanje: heating
• pokvaren: broken or out of order

Questions & Answers about Grejanje je pokvareno.

What does each word in Grejanje je pokvareno do?

• grejanje = heating
• je = is
• pokvareno = broken, out of order, not working

Grammatically, grejanje is the subject, je is the 3rd person singular form of biti (to be), and pokvareno is the predicate adjective that describes the subject.

So the structure is basically:

Grejanje + je + pokvareno
The heating + is + broken

Why is je used here?

Je is the present-tense form of biti (to be) for he/she/it is.

Because grejanje is singular, Serbian uses je:

• grejanje je = the heating is

Unlike in some Serbian sentences where forms of to be can be omitted, in a normal present-tense statement like this one, je is usually kept.

Why does pokvareno end in -o?

Because it agrees with grejanje, which is neuter singular.

In Serbian, adjectives must agree with the noun in: