Meaning of li | Babel Free
liDefinitions
- question-forming interrogative particle (postpositive, unlike other particles, never first word in a sentence)
- used as conjunction with je (Croatia) or da (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro)
- if
- used as an emphatic intensifier
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...
Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free