Da li se sećate tog oglasa?

that

Breakdown of Da li se sećate tog oglasa?

• da li: whether
• oglas: the job advertisement
• sećati se: to remember

Questions & Answers about Da li se sećate tog oglasa?

Why does the sentence start with Da li?

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

So:

• Da li se sećate tog oglasa? = Do you remember that ad?

It does not mean that here, even though da often means that in other contexts. As a fixed question marker, da li simply signals that the speaker is asking for a yes/no answer.

A more formal or compact alternative is:

• Sećate li se tog oglasa?

In everyday speech, people also often say:

• Je l' se sećate tog oglasa?

Why is there a se in se sećate?

The verb is sećati se, which means to remember. The se is part of the verb and is required.

So you learn it as:

• sećati se = to remember

Not:

• sećati alone

Many Serbian verbs are reflexive or are used with se, and English learners often want to drop it because English does not use oneself here. But in Serbian, se is just part of how this verb works.

So:

• Sećam se. = I remember.
• Sećaš se? = Do you remember?
• Sećate se? = Do you remember? / Do you remember, sir/ma'am?