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ли

//li//
Serbo-Croatianparticle
Latinica: lione entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    question-forming interrogative particle
    • 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?

  2. 2.
    used as conjunction with да
    • да ли

      whether

    • немам појма да ли је дошао

      I have no idea if he came

  3. 3.
    as a conjunction if
    • покушаш ли ме напасти, ја ћу ти узвратити

      if you try to attack me, I'll retaliate

  4. 4.
    used as an emphatic intensifier
    • 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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *li.

Forms

  • liromanization

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