Ona kaže da ima dobar razlog, ali meni još ne kaže koji.

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Breakdown of Ona kaže da ima dobar razlog, ali meni još ne kaže koji.

• imati: to have
• ona: she
• ne: not

Questions & Answers about Ona kaže da ima dobar razlog, ali meni još ne kaže koji.

Why is ona included? Could Serbian just say Kaže da ima dobar razlog...?

Yes. Serbian often drops subject pronouns because the verb form already shows the person and number.

• Kaže already means she/he says
• So Kaže da ima dobar razlog... is possible if the subject is clear from context

Using ona adds:

• clarity, if several people are being discussed
• emphasis or contrast, as in She says...

So ona is not grammatically necessary, but it is perfectly natural.

What is da doing in kaže da ima?

Here da introduces a subordinate clause, like English that:

• kaže da ima... = she says that she has...

In English, that is often omitted:

• She says she has...

In Serbian, da is usually kept in this kind of sentence after verbs like:

• kaže = says
• misli = thinks
• zna = knows
• veruje = believes

So da is a very common connector in Serbian.

Can kaže mean both says and tells?