Imaš li čime skinuti čep s ove boce?

to have

Breakdown of Imaš li čime skinuti čep s ove boce?

• ovaj: this
• boca: bottle
• skinuti: to take off

Questions & Answers about Imaš li čime skinuti čep s ove boce?

What does imaš li mean, and why is li there?

Imaš li is a very common way to form a yes/no question in Croatian.

• imaš = you have
• li = a question particle

So Imaš li ...? literally works like Do you have ...?

This is standard and very common. In everyday speech, people also sometimes ask questions just with intonation, but li is the clear grammatical marker here.

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Why does li come after the verb instead of before it?

In Croatian, li normally comes right after the first stressed word, and in questions that is often the verb.

So:

• Imaš li ...? = correct
• Li imaš ...? = not correct

This placement is part of the normal clitic pattern in Croatian. English speakers often want to treat li like do, but it does not work that way.

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