Questions & Answers about Da li prodajete ovu jaknu?
Da li is a very common Serbian question marker for yes/no questions.
So:
- Prodajete ovu jaknu. = You sell / are selling this jacket.
- Da li prodajete ovu jaknu? = Do you sell this jacket?
It does not have a direct one-word equivalent in English. Its job is just to signal that the sentence is a question.
Prodajete is the present tense, 2nd person plural form of the verb prodavati / prodati / prodavati-prodajete depending on the verb aspect framework being taught, but here the important thing is that prodajete means you sell / you are selling.
This form is used for:
- you all sell
- or formal/polite you sell when speaking to one person
In a shop, this sentence is normally understood as formal singular: you are politely addressing a salesperson.
Yes. It is normally formal/polite.
Serbian uses the 2nd person plural form to address one person politely, similar to how some European languages use a plural form for polite speech.
So in a store:
- Da li prodajete ovu jaknu? = polite / formal
- Da li prodaješ ovu jaknu? = informal, used with a friend, child, or someone you know well
When talking to shop staff, the formal version is the natural choice.