Da li putuješ avionom ili vozom?

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Breakdown of Da li putuješ avionom ili vozom?

• ili: or
• voz: train
• putovati: to travel

Questions & Answers about Da li putuješ avionom ili vozom?

What does Da li do in this sentence?

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

So:

• Putuješ avionom ili vozom. = You are traveling by plane or by train. / You travel by plane or by train.
• Da li putuješ avionom ili vozom? = Are you traveling by plane or by train?

It works a bit like English do/does/are/is at the beginning of a question, but Serbian does not translate it word-for-word.

You will often hear other question patterns too, such as:

• Putuješ li avionom ili vozom?

That means the same thing, just with a different structure.

Why is it putuješ? What form is that?

Putuješ is the 2nd person singular present tense of putovati, which means to travel.

So:

• ja putujem = I travel / I am traveling
• ti putuješ = you travel / you are traveling
• on/ona/ono putuje = he/she/it travels

The ending -eš often marks you with many verbs in the present tense.

In this sentence, putuješ matches an informal singular you, meaning you are speaking to one person in a casual way.

Does putuješ mean are you traveling or do you travel?