tako da

So That

Level 4

So: tako da gives the result.

How It Works

Tako da joins two ideas: the first one is the reason, and the second one is the result.

  • Pada snijeg, tako da su škole zatvorene. (It is snowing, so the schools are closed.)
  • Kasno je, tako da idem kući. (It is late, so I am going home.)

Write a comma before it. The verb after da can be in any tense that fits: the present, the perfect or the future.

In speech, it is also used for a plan or purpose, with the present: Dođi ranije, tako da stignemo. Here it means so that we can be there on time. The context shows which one you have.

Plain pa (so, then) is the shorter, more casual way to do the same job. Zato (that is why) usually starts a new sentence.

Examples (4)

  1. Pada snijeg, tako da su škole zatvorene.

    It is snowing, so the schools are closed.

    The part after tako da is the result.

  2. Kasno je, tako da idem kući.

    It is late, so I am going home.

    The result comes after the comma.

  3. Nisam spavao, tako da sam umoran.

    I did not sleep, so I am tired.

    The first part is in the perfect tense, and the result after tako da is in the present.

  4. Dođi ranije, tako da stignemo na vrijeme.

    Come earlier so we get there on time.

    In speech, tako da can also give a purpose.

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tako daLevel 4So That

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A result clause.

Words in This Pattern

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