Breakdown of Хотя эта должность трудная, я хочу здесь работать.
здесь
here
я
I
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
работать
to work
хотеть
to want
трудный
difficult
хотя
although
должность
position
Questions & Answers about Хотя эта должность трудная, я хочу здесь работать.
How does хотя work here? Do I need to change the word order when using it?
Хотя translates to "although" or "even though." It sets up a contrast between the two halves of your sentence. The great news is that it doesn't force any tricky word order changes! You just put хотя at the beginning of the clause, use standard word order, and separate the two ideas with a comma.
Why do we use эта and трудная? How can I tell what gender должность is?
Должность (position or job) ends in a soft sign (-ь). Nouns ending in a soft sign can be either masculine or feminine, so their gender has to be memorized. Должность happens to be feminine. Because of this, "this" must take the feminine form эта (instead of the masculine этот), and the adjective "difficult" takes the feminine form трудная.
Where is the word for "is" in the first part of the sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb "to be" (am, is, are) is almost always skipped. So instead of literally saying "this position is difficult," Russian simply puts the noun and the adjective together: эта должность трудная.
Why isn't the verb работать (to work) conjugated to match я (I)?
Because the first verb, хочу (want), is already conjugated to match я (I want). When you pair a conjugated verb with an action you want to do, the second verb stays in its dictionary form (the infinitive). This works exactly like English: "I want (conjugated) to work (infinitive)."
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