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Questions & Answers about Čak i ako protivnik ima više poena, možemo da pobedimo.
Why does čak i ako mean even if? What does each word do?
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.
Why is protivnik in the form protivnik, not something like protivnika?
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.
Why is it ima više poena and not ima više poeni or više poene?
After words like (), Serbian usually puts the noun in the .