No. 538 in Croatian
tvrde
"Tvrdé" in English means "hard" or "firm."
In a sentence
Oni tvrde da su pronašli izgubljeni grad.
They claim that they have found the lost city.
The word "tvrde" is used as a verb which means "claim" in the third person plural present tense.
Zidovi ove kuće su jako tvrde.
The walls of this house are very hard.
Here, "tvrde" is the feminine plural form of the adjective "tvrd", which means "hard" or "solid".
Njihove tvrdnje su potvrđene dokazima.
Their claims have been confirmed with evidence.
In this example, "tvrdnje" is a noun meaning "claims", derived from the verb "tvrditi".
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