Da li možete odmah da dođete u muzej, ili ste još u centru?

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Breakdown of Da li možete odmah da dođete u muzej, ili ste još u centru?

• u: in
• u: to
• da li: do

Questions & Answers about Da li možete odmah da dođete u muzej, ili ste još u centru?

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

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

So:

• Da li možete... ? = Can you... ? / Are you able to... ?

It does not have a direct one-word equivalent in English; it mainly signals that the whole sentence is a question.

You could also hear a question without da li, especially in speech, but da li is very standard and clear for learners.

Why does the sentence use možete? Is the speaker talking to one person or more than one?

Možete is the 2nd person plural form of moći (to be able / can).

It can mean:

• you all can — when speaking to more than one person
• you can — when speaking politely/formally to one person

So this sentence could be addressed either to:

• a group of people, or
• one person in a polite/formal way

The same is true for ste later in the sentence.

Why is there da before dođete?

After modal verbs like moći (can), Serbian very often uses:

• modal verb + da + present tense

So:

• možete da dođete =