Cause, effect and responsibility (uzrok, dovesti do, uzeti u obzir)

Cause and consequence

You know posljedica (consequence); its partner is uzrok (cause) — not razlog, which is a reason someone has. Što je uzrok požara? To say what something leads to, use dovesti do + genitive (to lead to), the causative partner of doći do: Umor može dovesti do nesreće.

Taking things into account

Moramo uzeti u obzir cijenu. Imaj na umu da trgovine nedjeljom ne rade.

Roles and responsibility

biti odgovoran za + accusative (responsible for), igrati ulogu (to play a role — važnu, veliku ulogu), sastavni dio (an integral part) and omogućiti (to make possible) round out the language of how things work: Novi posao omogućio mi je bolji život.