Breakdown of Plata, radno vreme i smene su važni uslovi zaposlenja.
biti
to be
i
and
važan
important
plata
the salary
Questions & Answers about Plata, radno vreme i smene su važni uslovi zaposlenja.
Why is su used instead of je?
Because the sentence has a plural subject overall: Plata, radno vreme i smene = salary, working hours, and shifts.
In Serbian, the verb to be must agree with the subject:
- je = is (singular)
- su = are (plural)
Since there are three things being listed, Serbian uses su.
What case are plata, radno vreme, and smene in?
They are in the nominative case.
That is because they are part of the sentence’s subject:
- plata = salary
- radno vreme = working hours / working time
- smene = shifts
In Serbian, the subject of the sentence is normally in the nominative.
Why is it važni uslovi, not važne uslove or something else?
Because uslovi is masculine plural nominative, and the adjective must agree with it.
- uslov = condition
- uslovi = conditions
- važan = important
Agreement here is:
- masculine plural nominative: