Questions & Answers about Da li možemo da razgovaramo sutra?
What does da li do in this sentence?
Da li marks a yes/no question. It is one of the most common ways to turn a statement into a question in Serbian.
So:
- Možemo da razgovaramo sutra. = We can talk tomorrow.
- Da li možemo da razgovaramo sutra? = Can we talk tomorrow?
It is very common in everyday Serbian and works with many verbs.
Why is there a second da in možemo da razgovaramo?
This da is different from da li.
In možemo da razgovaramo, the second da links the verb možemo (we can) to another verb, razgovaramo (talk / speak). Serbian often uses this structure where English uses to + verb or a bare infinitive.
So:
- možemo da razgovaramo = we can talk
This is a very normal Serbian pattern:
- Želim da idem. = I want to go.
- Mogu da dođem. = I can come.
Why isn’t there an infinitive after možemo, like in English can talk?
In Serbian, after many verbs, especially in everyday speech, it is very common to use da + present tense instead of an infinitive.
So instead of something like možemo razgovarati, speakers very often say: