ли
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[edit] Bulgarian
[edit] Particle
ли ([lʲi] or [li])
- (interrogative particle) question-forming interrogative particle for decision questions; not translated.
- Искаш ли нещо за ядене? — Would you like something to eat?
- Ходиш ли там? — Are you going there? (Compare this to: Къде ходиш? ... not a decision question, hence no occurrence of ли)
[edit] Russian
[edit] Pronunciation
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[edit] Particle
ли (li)
- (interrogative particle) Do/does/did...? Is/are/was/were...? (placed after the first word in the sentence or phrase)
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- зна́ете ли вы — do you know?
- хорошо́ ли ему́ — is he okay?
- отпра́вил ли я письмо́ — did I send the letter?
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[edit] Conjunction
ли (li)
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *li.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /li/
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ли (Roman spelling li)
- 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?
- 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?)
- used as conjunction with да
- да ли — whether
- немам појма да ли је дошао — I have no idea if he came
- (as a conjunction) if
- покушаш ли ме напасти, ја ћу ти узвратити — if you try to attack me, I'll retaliate
- used as an emphatic intensifier
- а сн(ијег) пада ли пада — the snow just keep falling on and on...
- д(иј)ете плаче ли плаче — the child just keeps crying