Imaš li nekakav plan za večeras?

to have

Breakdown of Imaš li nekakav plan za večeras?

• večeras: tonight
• za: for
• plan: plan

Questions & Answers about Imaš li nekakav plan za večeras?

Why does the sentence start with Imaš? What exactly does it mean here?

Imaš is the 2nd person singular present tense of imati = to have.

So here:

• imaš = you have

In this sentence, it is used in the everyday sense of Do you have... ?, meaning:

• Do you have some kind of plan for tonight?
• more naturally in English: Do you have any plans for tonight?

Croatian often uses imati in the same kinds of situations where English uses to have.

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What does li do in Imaš li?

Li is a question particle. It helps turn the sentence into a yes/no question.

So:

• Imaš nekakav plan za večeras. = You have some kind of plan for tonight.
• Imaš li nekakav plan za večeras? = Do you have some kind of plan for tonight?

This is a very common pattern in Croatian:

• Radiš li sutra? = Are you working tomorrow?
• Znaš li to? = Do you know that?
• Možeš li doći? = Can you come?

A useful thing to remember: li usually comes right after the first stressed word, and in this sentence that word is imaš.

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