Da li poznaješ protivnika?

whether

Breakdown of Da li poznaješ protivnika?

• protivnik: an opponent
• poznavati: to know or be acquainted with

Questions & Answers about Da li poznaješ protivnika?

What does da li do in this sentence?

Da li is a very common way to form a yes/no question in Serbian.

So:

• Poznaješ protivnika. = You know the opponent.
• Da li poznaješ protivnika? = Do you know the opponent?

It works a bit like English do/does when making questions, but it is not a direct word-for-word equivalent.

Why is the verb poznaješ and not something like poznaš?

Poznaješ is the 2nd person singular present tense of poznavati / poznavati nekoga, meaning to know, be acquainted with, be familiar with.

It matches you:

• ja poznajem = I know
• ti poznaješ = you know
• on/ona poznaje = he/she knows

The form poznaš exists from a different verb, upoznati / poznati in certain contexts, but in ordinary speech, when you want to say know someone / be familiar with someone, poznavati and its present forms like poznaješ are what learners most often need here.

What is the difference between poznati / poznavati and znati?

This is a very common learner question.

In Serbian:

• znati usually means , , or