Breakdown of Ova borilačka vještina ima mnogo teških tehnika.
ovaj
this (m) / ova (f), ovo (n)
težak
difficult / severe, serious
imati
to have
mnogo
much, a lot of (+ genitive)
Questions & Answers about Ova borilačka vještina ima mnogo teških tehnika.
Why does tehnika look exactly like its nominative singular form here?
After the word mnogo, the following noun must be in the genitive plural. For most feminine nouns ending in -a, like tehnika, the genitive plural ending is also -a (though native speakers pronounce it with a slightly longer vowel sound). You know it is plural here because of the quantifier mnogo and the genitive plural adjective teških.
How is the adjective borilačka formed?
It is derived from the verb boriti se (to fight). The suffix -lački (or -lačka for a feminine noun) is commonly used to create adjectives related to an action or the people who do it. Combined with vještina (skill or art), it translates naturally to "martial art".
How could I attach an onako kako clause to this sentence to talk about practicing these techniques?
You could extend the sentence by adding a relative clause followed by your current lesson's grammar: "Ova borilačka vještina ima mnogo teških tehnika koje moraš izvoditi onako kako su te učili" (...which you must perform exactly how they taught you). This uses the correlative clause of precise manner to specify exactly how the techniques must be done.
Could I use puno instead of mnogo in this sentence?