No. 429 in Croatian
stoga
"Stoga" means "therefore" or "hence" in English.
In a sentence
Kupio sam kišobran jer kiša često pada, stoga ostajem suh kada kiši.
I bought an umbrella because it often rains, therefore, I stay dry when it rains.
Stoga in this sentence is used as a conjunction meaning 'therefore', indicating a consequence or result following from a previous statement.
Vrijeme je loše, stoga ćemo ostati kod kuće danas.
The weather is bad, so we will stay at home today.
Here, 'stoga' connects two clauses, expressing a reason-consequence relationship.
Pročitao sam upute pažljivo, stoga sam izbjegao pogreške.
I read the instructions carefully, hence I avoided mistakes.
In this example, 'stoga' again presents a logical conclusion or outcome derived from an action described earlier in the sentence.
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