Learn Croatian: Takva je tračara da sve odmah sazna. - She is such a gossip that she finds out everything immediately.

Takva je tračara da sve odmah sazna.

She is such a gossip that she finds out everything immediately.

Breakdown of Takva je tračara da sve odmah sazna.

all (of a whole) / everyone, all (people) / everything

that (conjunction)

Questions & Answers about Takva je tračara da sve odmah sazna.

Why do we use takva here instead of tako?

Takav (and its forms like takva) is an adjective meaning 'such a', so it must agree with the noun it describes—in this case, the feminine noun tračara. You would only use the adverb tako (meaning 'so') if you were modifying an adjective or adverb, for example: tako pametna da... (so smart that...).

The verb sazna is perfective, but it is in the present tense. Is that allowed here?

Yes! In Croatian, perfective verbs generally cannot be used as the main verb in a standalone present tense sentence. However, they are perfectly natural in subordinate clauses, like this consecutive clause introduced by da (that). It expresses that she successfully completes the action of finding things out every single time.

What kind of word is tračara?

It is a noun derived from the verb tračati (to gossip) or the noun trač (a piece of gossip). The suffix -ara is often used in Croatian to create nouns describing a person who frequently does a specific, usually negative, action.

There is no word for 'she' in the sentence. Could this sentence be about a man?

Technically, yes. Nouns ending in -ara like tračara (gossip) or škrtica (cheapskate) are grammatically feminine, so the adjective takva must match that feminine gender. If you were talking about a man, the grammar of the first half would stay exactly the same, but you would rely on context to know it is a 'he'.