Da li možeš da pošalješ pismo danas?

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Breakdown of Da li možeš da pošalješ pismo danas?

• danas: today
• moći: can
• pismo: letter

Questions & Answers about Da li možeš da pošalješ pismo danas?

What does da li do at the beginning of the sentence?

Da li is a very common way to turn a statement into a yes/no question in Serbian.

So:

• Možeš da pošalješ pismo danas. = You can send the letter today.
• Da li možeš da pošalješ pismo danas? = Can you send the letter today?

It does not add extra meaning by itself; it mainly marks the sentence as a question.

You will also see another common pattern:

• Možeš li da pošalješ pismo danas?

That means the same thing. Da li and -li are both standard ways to form yes/no questions.

Why is there a second da in možeš da pošalješ?

This da is different from the da inside da li.

In možeš da pošalješ, the second da introduces the verb that follows the modal verb možeš.

A very common Serbian pattern is:

• moći + da + present tense

So:

• možeš da pošalješ = can send

For English speakers, this can feel strange because English uses an infinitive (can send), but Serbian often uses da + present tense instead.

You may also sometimes see an infinitive with modal verbs in Serbian, but da + present is extremely common and very natural.

What form is možeš?