Čak i ako protivnik ima više poena, možemo da pobedimo.

Čak i ako is a fixed expression meaning even if.

• čak = even
• ako = if
• i helps strengthen the phrase, so together it sounds natural as even if

So:

• ako = if
• čak i ako = even if

You will often learn it as a whole chunk.

Because protivnik is the subject of the clause protivnik ima više poena.

In Serbian, the subject normally goes in the nominative case, and the nominative singular here is protivnik.

• protivnik = opponent/enemy/rival
• nominative singular = protivnik

If you said protivnika, that would usually be a different case, often genitive or accusative, so it would not work as the subject here.

After words like više (more), Serbian usually puts the noun in the genitive plural.

So:

• singular: poen = point
• genitive plural: poena = of points

That is why you get:

• više poena = more points

This is very common in Serbian:

• više ljudi = more people
• više vremena = more time
• više knjiga = more books

So više + genitive is an important pattern to remember.

Yes. Poen means point, especially in games, sports, and scoring.

So više poena means more points.

Depending on context, Serbian can also use other words for point, but poen is very common when talking about the score in a competition or game.

After many verbs in Serbian, especially modal verbs like moći (can, be able to), Serbian often uses:

• da + present tense

So:

• možemo = we can
• da pobedimo = to win / that we win

Together:

• možemo da pobedimo = we can win

This is one of the most common Serbian structures, and English speakers need to get used to it because English often uses an infinitive instead.

Yes, that is also possible.

Both are understood:

• možemo da pobedimo
• možemo pobediti

In modern Serbian, especially in everyday speech, da + present is extremely common and often feels more natural to learners because they will see it everywhere.

So in practice, možemo da pobedimo is a very standard and natural sentence.

This is about aspect, which is very important in Serbian.

• pobediti = perfective verb, meaning to win as a completed result
• pobeđivati / pobeđujemo = imperfective, meaning repeated, ongoing, or habitual winning

In this sentence, the idea is:

• we can win
• meaning we can achieve victory

That is a single completed outcome, so the perfective verb pobediti is the natural choice:

• možemo da pobedimo

If you used pobeđujemo, it would sound more like we are winning or we usually win, which is not the intended meaning here.

Yes, pobedimo is formally a present-tense form, but because it comes after da, it often corresponds to English to win or just win in structures like this.

So:

• možemo da pobedimo literally looks like we can that we-win
• but in natural English it means we can win

This is normal in Serbian. After da, present-tense forms often do jobs that English would express with an infinitive.

Yes, absolutely.

That version is also correct:

• Možemo da pobedimo čak i ako protivnik ima više poena.

The meaning stays the same. The difference is mainly focus and style.

• Starting with Čak i ako... emphasizes the condition first.
• Starting with Možemo da pobedimo... emphasizes the main idea first.

Both are natural.

The comma separates the subordinate clause from the main clause.

• Čak i ako protivnik ima više poena = subordinate clause
• možemo da pobedimo = main clause

Serbian normally uses a comma here, just like English often does with a clause such as Even if the opponent has more points, we can win.

Not with exactly the same nuance.

• čak i ako = even if
• iako = although / even though

These are related, but not identical.

• čak i ako protivnik ima više poena, možemo da pobedimo
  = Even if the opponent has more points, we can win.

This expresses a condition that does not prevent the result.

• iako protivnik ima više poena, možemo da pobedimo
  = Although the opponent has more points, we can win.

This is also possible in many contexts, but it presents the first clause more as a fact than a conditional idea. So the nuance changes.

Možemo comes from the verb moći, which means can / to be able to.

Present tense:

• mogu = I can
• možeš = you can
• može = he/she/it can
• možemo = we can
• možete = you can (plural/formal)
• mogu = they can

So in the sentence:

• možemo da pobedimo = we can win

In Cyrillic, it is:

Чак и ако противник има више поена, можемо да победимо.

Serbian commonly uses both scripts, Latin and Cyrillic, and this sentence means the same in either one.