Da li me čujete?

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Breakdown of Da li me čujete?

• da li: whether
• čuti: to hear

Questions & Answers about Da li me čujete?

What does da li do in this sentence?

Da li is a very common way to turn a statement into a yes/no question in Serbian.

• Čujete me. = You hear me.
• Da li me čujete? = Do you hear me? / Can you hear me?

English uses do in questions, but Serbian often uses da li instead.

Why is there no separate word for you?

Serbian often omits subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

In čujete, the ending -te tells you the subject is you plural or formal you singular.

So Da li me čujete? already includes the idea of you, even without vi.

You can add vi for emphasis:

Da li me vi čujete?

That sounds more emphatic, something like Do you hear me?

What exactly is čujete?

Čujete is the present-tense form of čuti, meaning to hear.

More specifically, it is the 2nd person plural form, which is also used for formal singular.

So:

• čuješ = you hear when speaking to one person informally