li

Definitions

1. 1.
   question-forming interrogative particle (postpositive, unlike other particles, never first word in a sentence)

   • 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?

2. 2.
   used as conjunction with je (Croatia) or da (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro)

   • je/da li

     whether

   • nemam pojma je/da li je došao

     I have no idea whether he came

3. 3.
   if

   • pokušaš li me napasti, ja ću ti uzvratiti

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

4. 4.
   used as an emphatic intensifier

   • 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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