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Meaning of li | Babel Free

Adverb
li

Definitions

  1. question-forming interrogative particle (postpositive, unlike other particles, never first word in a sentence)
  2. used as conjunction with je (Croatia) or da (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro)
  3. if
  4. used as an emphatic intensifier

Equivalents

العربية صقيل مصقول
Català pigment pigmentar
Français Brassy immobile Li pigment
Gàidhlig pràiseach
Galego pigmento
עברית אבל שוף
Bahasa Indonesia meski tenang walau
ქართული პიგმენტი
한국어 -지만 색소
Kurdî hîm him li
Português li li pigmentar pigmento
Română pigmenta
Tagalog dinsol
中文
ZH-TW

Examples

“poznaješ li me”

do you know me?

“jesi li stigao na odredište?”

did you reach the destination?

“jeste li ga vid(j)eli”

have you seen him?

“gd(j)e li se samo nalazimo?”

where could we be?

“kad li će doći?”

when will he/they come?

“je li?”

Is it? (Is that so? Isn't that so?)

“je/da li”

whether

“nemam pojma je/da li je došao”

I have no idea whether he came

“pokušaš li me napasti, ja ću ti uzvratiti”

should you try to attack me, I'll strike you back

“a sn(ij)eg pada li pada”

the snow just keeps falling and falling...

“d(ij)ete plače li plače”

the child just keeps crying and crying...

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