Meaning of ли | Babel Free

Definitions

1. yes-no question particle
2. interrogative particle for multiple-choice questions
3. interrogative emphatic particle
   emphatic, interrogative, particle
4. if, whether
5. when, as soon as, once, whenever, every time (in questions)
6. emphasizes continuity or intensity of a verb

Examples

“Ще ходиш ли там?”

Are you going there?

“Коя химикалка искаш – червената ли, синята ли, някаква друга ли?”

Which pen do you want - the red one, the blue one or another one?

“Какво ли искаше тоя човек?”

I wonder what that man wanted.

“Попитах го ще ходи ли там.”

I asked him if he was going there.

“Видя ли го, ще му кажа.”

When I see him, I'll tell him.

“Той работеше ли, работеше, без почивка.”

He worked on and on without a break.

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