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Meaning of ли | Babel Free

Adverb
li

Definitions

  1. question-forming interrogative particle
  2. used as conjunction with да
  3. as a conjunction if
  4. used as an emphatic intensifier

Equivalents

Čeština -li ať již buď či jestli zda zdali
Deutsch entweder inwiefern ob Yi
Ελληνικά αν είτε
Español li
Suomi jos josko sekä että tokko
Français Li si si oui ou non yi yi
עברית אם
हिन्दी ख़्वाह यदि हम
Bahasa Indonesia apakah
Italiano li
日本語 や否や
한국어 이족
Kurdî çi di di li stand stand
Latina ecquid num
Nederlands li of
Polski bądź czy czy jeśli li żeli
Português li li se
Русский и ли ли ль Ри
Српски at ili li ni štand и и или ни чи
Українська ли любий чи
Tiếng Việt di hoặc li lơ lớ ly
中文 彝族

Examples

“да ли ме познајеш?”

do you know me?

“јеси ли стигао на одредиште?”

did you reach the destination?

“јесте ли га вид(ј)ели”

have you seen him?

“гд(ј)е ли се само налазимо?”

where could we be?

“кад ли ће доћи?”

when will they come?

“је ли?”

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

“да ли”

whether

“немам појма да ли је дошао”

I have no idea if he came

“покушаш ли ме напасти, ја ћу ти узвратити”

if you try to attack me, I'll retaliate

“а сн(иј)ег пада ли пада”

the snow just keep falling on and on...

“д(иј)ете плаче ли плаче”

the child just keeps crying

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