ли
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Meanings
- doчастица
- ifсоюз
- interrogative particleplaced after the first word in a sentence or phraseDo/does/did...? Is/are/was/were...?
- whetherсоюз
- whether, ifgood or bad, when only one ли , two или
Usage notes
Ли always goes after the question/interrogative word. например: <<Я спросил отца, всю ли газету он прочитал>> I asked father whether he read the whole paper.\nFor more info refer to topics titled Indirect Speech
Examples
- Я не зна́ю, будет ли у меня вре́мя.I don't know if I'll have time.
- Я могу́ только дога́дываться, так ли э́то и для всех остальны́х.I can only wonder if this is the same for everyone else.
- Моему́ учи́телю фи́зики все равно, пропущу́ ли я заня́тия.My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.
