Learn Croatian: Ovdje ima puno komaraca, tako da me svrbi ruka. - There are a lot of mosquitoes here, so my arm itches.

The conjunction tako da introduces a consecutive clause, meaning it shows the result of the first part of the sentence (often translated as "so" or "with the result that"). In Croatian, these clauses simply take the indicative mood. This means you just use regular, factual tenses like the present, past, or future, without needing any special conditional forms.

Why is the second part phrased as me svrbi ruka instead of using a possessive like "moja ruka"?

In Croatian, bodily sensations are frequently expressed by making the body part the subject (ruka, in the nominative case) and the person experiencing the sensation the object. Here, me is the accusative clitic for "me". Literally, the sentence says "the arm itches me". Because the pronoun me already makes it perfectly clear whose arm is itching, adding a possessive word is unnecessary.

Why is the word for mosquitoes spelled komaraca here?

It is in the genitive plural case because it directly follows the quantity word puno (a lot). The dictionary form is komarac. To form the genitive plural, Croatian inserts an extra "fleeting a" between the final two consonants to make pronunciation easier. This results in komaraca, which you must be careful not to confuse with the genitive singular form, "komarca".

Why does the sentence use the singular verb ima when talking about plural mosquitoes?