Moramo pregovarati, iako je kompromis težak.
We must negotiate, although the compromise is difficult.
Breakdown of Moramo pregovarati, iako je kompromis težak.
biti
to be (sam, si, je)
težak
difficult / severe, serious
morati
must
iako
although
Questions & Answers about Moramo pregovarati, iako je kompromis težak.
Why is there a comma before iako?
In Croatian, a comma is almost always required before iako (although) when it introduces a new clause. In English, we often don't use a comma before "although" in the middle of a sentence, but Croatian punctuation rules are stricter about separating clauses.
Why does je come right after iako instead of after the subject kompromis?
The word je (is) is an enclitic, meaning it is a short, unstressed word that must take the second position in its clause. The conjunction iako counts as the first position of the new clause, so je must jump into the second spot immediately after it, landing before the subject kompromis.
I learned that težak means "heavy". Does it also mean "difficult"?
Yes! In Croatian, the adjective težak is used both for physical weight (like a heavy box) and for abstract difficulty (like a difficult compromise, a hard test, or a tough situation).
Why do we use težak here instead of teški?