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To express "What a...!" in Croatian, use the word **kakav** followed by a noun or an adjective-noun phrase. Because **kakav** acts like an adjective, it must agree with the gender and number of the noun it modifies.

### Gender Agreement for "Kakav"

For masculine nouns, use **kakav**:

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For feminine nouns, use **kakva**:

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For neuter nouns, use **kakvo**:

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### Exclaiming "How...!" with "Kako"

When you want to exclaim "How...!" (e.g., "How beautiful!", "How terrible!"), use the adverb **kako**. It can be used directly with an adverb or an adjective to form a short exclamation. Since **kako** is an adverb here, it never changes its form.

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When building a full sentence (like "How amazing this performance is!"), **kako** is followed by the verb and the adjective describing the subject:

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### Combining Reactions

You can easily combine these two constructions to react to spectacles, performances, or sudden disasters.

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Exclamatory constructions (kakav, kako)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

prep

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular pronouns and to be (sam, si, je)

Noun genders (-Ø, -a, -o/-e)

Demonstrative pronouns (ovaj, ova, ovo)

Plural pronouns and to be (smo, ste, su)

Masculine plural nouns (-i)

Feminine plural nouns (-e)

Neuter plural nouns (-a)

Full verb to be (jesam, jesi)

Negative verb to be (nisam, nisi)

Yes/no questions (je li)

Wh- questions (tko, gdje)

Formal vs informal address (ti vs Vi)

Regular present tense (-ati)

Regular present tense (-iti)

Regular present tense (-jeti)

Verb negation (ne)

The verb to have (imati / nemati)

Inanimate direct objects

Feminine direct objects (-u)

Plural direct objects (-e, -a)

Accusative pronouns (me, te, ga, ju)

Adjective agreement

Plural adjectives

Accusative adjectives

Numbers 1 to 10 (jedan, dva, tri)

The locative case (-u)

Feminine locative (-i)

The verb to go (ići)

Destination (u, na)

The genitive case (-a)

Accusative pronouns (nas, vas, ga, ih)

Animate masculine accusative (-a)

Adjective agreement for animate masculine (-og, -eg)

The verb can (moći)

The verb must (morati)

The verb to want (htjeti, hoću)

The future tense (ću/ćeš + infinitive)

The past tense: l-participle (radio, radila)

Past tense word order (Prvo sam radio...)

Past tense with plural subjects (-li, -le, -la)

Feminine genitive singular (-e)

Possession and origin (od, iz)

Negative existence (nema)

Numbers 2, 3, and 4

Genitive plural (-a)

Numbers 11 to 20

Past tense negation (nisam)

Past tense questions (jeste li)

Dative singular

Dative pronouns (ti, mu, joj)

Past tense negation (nisam, nisi...)

Double object pronouns (mu ga, ti ju...)

Reflexive verbs (se)

Reflexive clitic word order

Commands and requests (radi, radite)

Plural demonstratives (ovi, ove, ova)

Possessive determiners (moj, naš, njegov)

Greetings (Dobar dan, doviđenja)

The body: Boli me glava

Directions (lijevo, desno, ravno)

There is, there are (ima)

Politeness (molim vas, hvala lijepa)

How you feel (Sviđa mi se)

Counting by tens to 100 (trideset, četrdeset...)

Quantifiers with the genitive case (malo, puno...)

Adjective agreement in the genitive singular (-og, -e)

Adjective agreement in the genitive plural (-ih)

Genitive prepositions (kod, do, bez...)

Asking what kind and which (kakav, koji)

Possessive determiners (njegov, njezin...)

Possessives in the accusative case

The reflexive possessive (svoj)

Indefinite pronouns (netko, nešto, neki)

Negative pronouns (nitko, ništa)

The verb to need (trebati)

Reciprocal verbs (se)

Introduction to verbal aspect

Perfective verbs with prefixes

Perfective verbs with stem changes

Irregular perfective verbs

Aspect in the past tense

Aspect in the future tense

Vehicular motion (voziti se, putovati)

Arrival and departure ('doći', 'otići')

Entering and exiting ('ući', 'izaći')

Singular accompaniment ('s', 'sa')

Question	Answer
incredible	nevjerojatan
sight	prizor
What an incredible sight! The danger is greater.	Kakav nevjerojatan prizor! Opasnost je veća.
magnificent	veličanstven
performance	izvedba
What a magnificent performance!	Kakva veličanstvena izvedba!
terrible	užasan
tragedy	tragedija
What a terrible tragedy!	Kakva užasna tragedija!
unexpected	neočekivan
destruction	uništenje
What unexpected destruction!	Kakvo neočekivano uništenje!
amazing	čudesan
How amazing this performance is!	Kako je čudesna ova izvedba!
brilliant	briljantan
How brilliant that is!	Kako je to briljantno!
How terrible this sight is!	Kako je užasan ovaj prizor!
How unexpected this tragedy is!	Kako je neočekivana ova tragedija!
How magnificent!	Kako veličanstveno!
What an amazing actor, but what a brilliant film!	Kakav čudesan glumac, ali kakav briljantan film!
How incredible! I never expect a better performance.	Kako nevjerojatno! Nikada ne očekujem bolju izvedbu.
What a terrible earthquake!	Kakav užasan potres!
How awful, what destruction!	Kako grozno, kakvo uništenje!
What an unexpected disaster! How terrible!	Kakva neočekivana katastrofa! Kako užasno!
What a magnificent sight! How beautiful!	Kakav veličanstven prizor! Kako lijepo!
What a brilliant performance! How incredibly they dance!	Kakva briljantna izvedba! Kako nevjerojatno plešu!
What a terrible tragedy! How sad!	Kakva grozna tragedija! Kako tužno!

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