To describe "the kind of" person or thing you are looking for, use a correlative clause with the pair takav (such/that kind) and kakav (as/what kind).
Because both takav and kakav act as adjectives, they must agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and case.
| I am looking for the kind of performer who has a unique talent. | Tražim takvog izvođača kakav ima jedinstven talent. |
In the sentence above, takvog is accusative (modifying izvođača as the object of the main clause), while kakav is nominative because it is the subject of its own clause ("who has a unique talent").
Matching Cases in the Clauses
takav and kakav take their case from their grammatical role in their own part of the sentence. They might share the same case, or take completely different ones.
| The kind of acrobat the audience has never seen came to the audition. | Na audiciju je došao takav akrobat kakvog publika nikada nije vidjela. |
Here, takav is nominative because the acrobat is the subject of the main clause, but kakvog is accusative because the acrobat is the object the audience has never seen.
The same agreement rules apply across all genders:
| He has the kind of charisma that can immediately captivate the director. | On ima takvu karizmu kakva može odmah očarati redatelja. |
Notice how the cases change when the feminine noun becomes the subject of the main clause:
| I like the kind of charisma that expressive singer has while she performs. | Sviđa mi se takva karizma kakvu ima ta izražajna pjevačica dok nastupa. |
If the noun is already understood from the context, takav and kakav can stand on their own without repeating it:
| Their stage movement is exactly the kind that the best performers need. | Njihov scenski pokret je upravo takav kakav najbolji izvođači trebaju. |
| The director wants to hire the kind of actor who has an expressive voice. | Redatelj želi angažirati takvog glumca kakav ima izražajan glas. |
