Word
Mora izdržati težak dan.
Meaning
She must endure a difficult day.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Mora izdržati težak dan.
dan
day
morati
to have to
težak
difficult
izdržati
to endure; withstand
Questions & Answers about Mora izdržati težak dan.
Why is there no subject pronoun like he or she in this sentence?
Croatian often leaves subject pronouns out when they are clear from the verb form.
Here, mora is 3rd person singular, so the subject is understood as he, she, or it, depending on context.
So Mora izdržati težak dan. can mean:
- He must endure a hard day
- She must endure a hard day
- sometimes even It must endure a hard day, if the context allows that
If you want to make the subject explicit, you can add it:
- On mora izdržati težak dan. = He must endure a hard day
- Ona mora izdržati težak dan. = She must endure a hard day
What does mora mean here?
Mora is the present-tense form of morati, which means must or have to.
So:
- morati = to have to / must
- mora = he/she/it must or he/she/it has to
In this sentence, it expresses obligation or necessity.
Why is izdržati in the infinitive?