Introduces an indirect question, a doubt. if, whether. · if, in case
çekim: çoğul OBs · tamlayan OBs
eş: obgleich, obschon, obwohl, obzwar
köken: From Middle High German obe, ob, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”). Compare English if.
🔊 ob ... oder
🔊 Ich weiß nicht, ob sie krank ist.
🔊 Hast du sie gefragt, ob sie kommt?
Fransızca 🔊 si (eril) /ɛ.si/ initialism of Système international: SI
aile: comme si, même si, si ce n'est, si et seulement si, si possible, si seulement, sinon
🔊 Je me demande si elle sera seule.
🔊 Je veux savoir si tu viendras ou non.
🔊 Si j'avais ses pouvoirs, je créerais un monde où le mal n'existe pas.
abbreviation of Sinaloa: a state of Mexico
aile: apenas si, como si, cual si, por si, que si, si bien, si Dios lo quiere, si eso, si la mirada matara, si lo sabré yo
🔊 ¿¡(Pero) a dónde va este!? ¡Si la carretera está cerrada!
🔊 "¿Cómo fue el concierto?" "(Pero) si es mañana..."
🔊 "Voy a salir." "¡Pero si estás malo! ¿¡Cómo vas a salir!?" (can be rephrased as "¿¡Cómo vas a salir si estás malo!?", which uses sense 1)
abbreviation of sudest; southeast
eş: nel caso, nell’eventualità che, nell'eventualità in cui, qualora, dal momento che, dato che
köken: From Latin sī (“if”) or from Late Latin se(d), from Latin sī and quid ("what").
aile: se non, se non che
🔊 Se non è vero, è ben trovato.
whether, if · either ... or · whether ... or
eş: oftewel, ongeveer
köken: From Middle Dutch of, ofte. In Middle Dutch the two words merged; the form of derives from Old Dutch of, from Proto-Germanic *jabai.
aile: ofwel
🔊 Wil je thee, of heb je liever koffie?
🔊 Ik weet niet of dat wel zo'n goed idee is.
🔊 Je kan kiezen: of je bent stil, of je vertrekt.
abbreviation of Sergipe: a state of Brazil
🔊 Ela se viu no espelho.
🔊 Eu acordei e se vesti.
🔊 Quando eles se conheceram?
whether or not
🔊 彼が時間通り来るかどうか分からない。
In the intimate style, a general-purpose sentence-final suffix with a more affirmative sense than -어 (-eo): · right?; in the interrogative mood, used to request confirmation about something one believes. · In the imperative mood, used to soften orders and make them more indirect.
köken: Palatalized from earlier -디 (Yale: -ti), short for Middle Korean -디〮ᄫᅵ〮 (Yale: -tíWí, contrastive suffix). Compare Hamgyong Korean -지비 (-jibi), which has the most conservative form of this morpheme; Gyeongsang Korean -재 (-jae) may also be a non-shortened form of -디〮ᄫᅵ〮 (Yale: -tíWí), via Early Modern Korean -지웨 (-ciwey). Sentence-final use appears in the eighteenth century, arising from an…
🔊 나는 애국자이지 민족주의자는 아닙니다.
🔊 우리는 반려견을 가족처럼 생각해. — 개가 동물이지 어떻게 사람이냐?
🔊 죽었으면 죽었지 살아있을 리가 없다.
whether (if (in indirect questions))
köken: huru + vida
whether, if (in indirect questions) · whether, if (either)
eş: zdali, zdaž
köken: Inherited from Old Czech zda(li), za(li). Unclear, probably from za.
🔊 Nevíš, zda přijde?
whether
çekim: tamlayan dace
köken: From earlier deacă, probably from Latin de quod.
aile: chiar dacă, dacă și numai dacă
Possessive (and genitive) suffix: · …-'s, of … (third-person singular, single possession) · …-s’, of …-s (third-person plural, single possession)
köken: * From e (“this”). * From Proto-Finno-Ugric *-ë (interrogative particle).
🔊 Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje ment el.
🔊 Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje várunk rád.
🔊 jó (jav-) (“the greater/better part”) → a java még hátravan (“the best/bulk is yet to come”, literally “its best/bulk is…”)
whether
köken: Adverbial accusative of uter, used as a conjunction.
🔊 Quarto, utrum solum debuerit docere verbo, vel etiam scripto.
whether (used to introduce a clause that contains an indirect question, or that expresses uncertainty or doubt)
köken: From hvor + vidt. Compare Swedish huruvida.
if, whether
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷí- Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₁ Proto-Slavic *či Slovak či Inherited from Proto-Slavic *či.
si (seventh note of a diatonic scale)
çekim: çoğul sis
köken: From Old Catalan si, from Latin si (“if”).
interrogative particle (used when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis) · whether, if (used when the subordinate clause has a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis)
köken: May derive from a (interrogative particle) + yw (“is, are”) or from or via the synonymous ae.
🔊 Ai ef yw dy dad?
🔊 Ni wn ai ef yw dy dad.
Used to form direct and indirect questions
çekim: geçmiş anta · ortaç anta · şimdiki anann sé
köken: From Old Irish in, from Proto-Celtic *sindos.
🔊 an t-uisce
🔊 an bhean
🔊 an pháiste
even (implying extreme example)
köken: Inherited from Proto-Philippine *man (“particle expressing solidarity, concession, qualification, or emphasis”).
aile: alinman, anuman, bagaman, gayumpaman, gayunman, kahiman, kahimanawari, kailanman, magpakailanman, mandin
🔊 Hindi man lang siya tumawag.
🔊 Ang bagong panganak man ay may karapatan.
introduces a yes-no question · whether, if · Transforms a sentence into a tag question or similar when added to the end of a sentence
köken: From Polish czy, Ukrainian чи (čy) or the related Yiddish צי (tsi).
🔊 Ĉu neĝas hodiaŭ?
🔊 Mi ne certas, ĉu li amas min.
🔊 Vi ne manĝas viandon, ĉu.
if, whether
🔊 Не знам дали ќе си го исполниш ветувањето.