Breakdown of Vaikka ehto on vaikea, otan työn silti.
olla
to be
vaikea
difficult / hard
ottaa
to take
työ
work
Questions & Answers about Vaikka ehto on vaikea, otan työn silti.
Why are we using both vaikka and silti in the same sentence?
While vaikka means "even though", Finns often add a word like silti (nevertheless/anyway) or kuitenkin (however) to the main clause to make the contrast stronger. You could drop silti and the sentence would still be grammatically correct, but adding it sounds very natural!
Does starting the sentence with vaikka change the word order in the second half?
No, it doesn't! Unlike some other European languages, Finnish keeps the normal word order in the main clause. The main clause is otan työn silti (Verb-Object-Adverb), where the subject "I" is built right into the verb otan.
Why is the word for job written as työn instead of just työ?
työn is the object of the sentence (the thing being taken). Because you will take the entire job and the action is considered complete, the object takes the -n ending. If it were an ongoing or incomplete action, you would use the partitive case (työtä).
The English translation says "I will take", but isn't otan in the present tense?
Yes, it is! Finnish doesn't have a separate future tense. You use the present tense for both things happening right now and things that will happen in the future. The context (and the completed object työn) tells us this is a future action.