"li" meaning in Serbo-Croatian

See li in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /li/ Forms: ли [Cyrillic]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *li. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sh|sla-pro|*li|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *li, {{inh+|sh|sla-pro|*li}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *li Head templates: {{sh-particle}} li (Cyrillic spelling ли)
  1. question-forming interrogative particle (postpositive, unlike other particles, never first word in a sentence)
    Sense id: en-li-sh-particle-O8-JmiVX Categories (other): Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header, Serbo-Croatian interrogative particles, Serbo-Croatian particles Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header: 62 27 0 11 Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian interrogative particles: 76 17 0 7 Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian particles: 71 26 0 4
  2. used as conjunction with je (Croatia) or da (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro)
    Sense id: en-li-sh-particle-KJKQQMoD
  3. (as a conjunction) if
    Sense id: en-li-sh-particle-k19oMZ1P
  4. used as an emphatic intensifier
    Sense id: en-li-sh-particle-FXQDdBA9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: zar [interrogative, particle]
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          "english": "do you know me?",
          "text": "poznaješ li me",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "did you reach the destination?",
          "text": "jesi li stigao na odredište?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "have you seen him?",
          "text": "jeste li ga vid(j)eli",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "where could we be?",
          "text": "gd(j)e li se samo nalazimo?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "when will he/they come?",
          "text": "kad li će doći?",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "english": "Is it? (Is that so? Isn't that so?)",
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          "type": "example"
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          "text": "nemam pojma je/da li je došao",
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          "english": "the snow just keeps falling and falling...",
          "text": "a sn(ij)eg pada li pada",
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          "english": "the child just keeps crying and crying...",
          "text": "d(ij)ete plače li plače",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "do you know me?",
          "text": "poznaješ li me",
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        },
        {
          "english": "did you reach the destination?",
          "text": "jesi li stigao na odredište?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "have you seen him?",
          "text": "jeste li ga vid(j)eli",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "where could we be?",
          "text": "gd(j)e li se samo nalazimo?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "when will he/they come?",
          "text": "kad li će doći?",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "english": "I have no idea whether he came",
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          "type": "example"
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          "english": "the child just keeps crying and crying...",
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          "type": "example"
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