Breakdown of Это хорошее решение, хотя проект сложный.
это
this / it is
хороший
good
проект
the project
сложный
difficult, complex
хотя
although
решение
decision
Questions & Answers about Это хорошее решение, хотя проект сложный.
How is хотя used in this sentence?
Хотя means 'although' or 'even though'. It connects two ideas that contrast with each other, just like in English. In Russian, you must always put a comma before хотя when it introduces a new clause.
Why is the adjective хорошее used instead of хороший?
The noun решение (decision or solution) ends in -е, making it a neuter noun. The adjective must match this gender, so we use the neuter form хорошее.
Why isn't there a word for 'is' in either half of the sentence?
In Russian, the present tense of the verb 'to be' is almost always skipped. The sentence literally reads 'This [is a] good decision, although the project [is] complicated'.
Is the word Это at the beginning of the sentence matching the gender of the neuter noun решение?
It looks like it, but not exactly! When introducing a statement like 'This is...', you always use the fixed word Это, regardless of the noun's gender. For example, if you were talking about the masculine noun проект, you would still say Это хороший проект (This is a good project).
Could решение be translated as 'solution' here?
Yes! Решение means both 'decision' and 'solution'. Depending on the broader context of the conversation, 'This is a good solution' could be exactly what the speaker means.
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