kako

како

/kâko/

ADVERB

how

Kako se kaže hvala na engleskom? — How do you say thank you in English?

Kako se ide do centra? — How do I get to the centre?
ADVERB

(in exclamations) how; so

Kako je lepo danas! — It's so nice today!

Kako si porasla! — How you've grown!
CONJUNCTION

(kako + bi) in order to; so that

Preselio se u Beograd kako bi našao posao. — He moved to Belgrade to find a job.

Govori glasnije kako bi te svi čuli. — Speak louder so that everyone can hear you.
CONJUNCTION

as

Kako se bližio ispit, bio sam sve nervozniji. — As the exam drew near, I got more and more nervous.

In the meaning 'in order to' it is used with bi (kako bih, kako bi), just like «da bi».

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