We normally speak of something. When we say ‘SUN’, we speak of the star that gives us light; when we say cricket, we mean a particular game. So, whenever we make a sentence, we speak about something or somebody. What we speak about is called a ’SUBJECT’.
Fine, I want to speak about India. Now I say ‘India’ – Does this give any complete meaning? No. It remains a word. To make a sentence, I have to say something about ‘India’ – only then it will give complete meaning. If I say, ‘India is a democratic country’ – we understand. Therefore, to make the sentence completely understood or comprehensible, we have to say something about the ‘subject’. i.e. India (we speak about something) – is the subject; is a democratic country (we say this about India – predicate). Now, the sentence gives you the complete meaning.
India (subject) is a democratic country (predicate). What we say about India, i.e. ‘is a democratic country’, is called Predicate.
The word Predicate means ‘saying something about something.
Hence, in a sentence, WHAT WE SPEAK ABOUT IS CALLED THE ‘SUBJECT’
And
‘WHAT WE SPEAK ABOUT THE SUBJECT IS CALLED ‘THE PREDICATE’.
Example:
ALL MATTER IS INDESTRUCTIBLE –
ALL MATTER – SUBJECT IS INDESTRUCTIBLE – PREDICATE
I SAW A SAW TO SAW A SAW –
I SAW – SUBJECT A SAW TO SAW A SAW – PREDICATE
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP
STILL WATERS – SUBJECT RUN DEEP – PREDICATE