Taman kad zagladite teksturu, glina postane suha.

to become

Breakdown of Taman kad zagladite teksturu, glina postane suha.

• suh: dry
• glina: clay
• tekstura: texture

Questions & Answers about Taman kad zagladite teksturu, glina postane suha.

What does taman kad mean here?

Taman kad means just when or right when. It often carries a feeling of frustratingly perfect timing, as if something happens at exactly the wrong moment.

So in this sentence, taman adds that sense of just at that very moment.

Why is it kad and not kada?

Kad and kada both mean when.

The difference is mainly style and register:

• kad is shorter and very common in everyday speech
• kada is a bit fuller and can sound slightly more formal or careful

In a sentence like this, kad is completely natural.

Is zagladite an imperative here, or a present-tense form?

Here it is a present-tense form, not a command.

That can be confusing, because zagladite can also be the 2nd person plural imperative:

• Zagladite teksturu! = Smooth the texture!

But after kad, it is understood as a verb in a time clause:

• kad zagladite teksturu = when you smooth the texture

So the grammar of the sentence tells you it is not an instruction here.