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Sve što is a very common Croatian pattern meaning all that or everything that.
- sve = everything / all
- što = that / what, introducing a relative clause
So Sve što rodbina želi means all that the relatives want.
This is similar to English structures like:
- All that the family wants is...
- Everything the relatives want is...
Because rodbina is grammatically singular, even though it refers to many people.
It is a collective noun meaning relatives / extended family / kin. Croatian treats it as singular, so the verb must also be singular:
- rodbina želi = the relatives want
This is a bit like English the family wants when we treat family as one group.
Not exactly.
Rodbina usually means relatives, especially the wider family network: aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws, and so on. It is broader and a bit less intimate than immediate family.
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