Questions & Answers about Ova veština je važna.
What does each word in Ova veština je važna. mean?
Word by word:
- ova = this
- veština = skill
- je = is
- važna = important
So the full sentence means This skill is important.
Why is it ova and not ovaj or ovo?
Because ova has to agree with veština.
In Serbian, this changes depending on the gender of the noun:
- ovaj = masculine
- ova = feminine
- ovo = neuter
Since veština is a feminine noun, the correct form is ova.
How do I know that veština is feminine?
In Serbian, many nouns ending in -a are feminine, and veština is one of them.
So:
- veština = feminine noun
- that is why it takes ova
- and that is also why važna ends in -a
This is a very common agreement pattern in Serbian.