A photograph can answer without speaking, while Serbian turns each visible detail into a crisp da li question.

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  1. Da li si u Serbiji? (Are you in Serbia?)
  2. Da li čekaš da pređeš ulicu? (Are you waiting to cross the street?)
  3. Da li je rasprodaja u prodavnici? (Is there a sale in the shop?)

Five yes/no questions about the photograph

Latin scriptCyrillic scriptEnglish
Da li je ovo stara fotografija?Да ли је ово стара фотографија?Is this an old photograph?
Ima li dece na slici?Има ли деце на слици?Are there any children in the picture?
Da li se vidi more u pozadini?Да ли се види море у позадини?Can you see the sea in the background?
Jesu li svi nasmejani?Јесу ли сви насмејани?Is everybody smiling?
Da li je slika snimljena leti?Да ли је слика снимљена лети?Was the picture taken in summer?

Hear the question before you see it

Treat Photo Serbian - Simple Yes/No Questions as spoken language before analysing it on the page. Read or play the original once for the main message, return for the key forms, and finish by producing one sentence without looking.

Building questions with da li

A useful phrase is more than a translation: it has a register, a typical situation and preferred word partners. Say it as a complete thought, then alter one detail so it becomes your own sentence. In this particular lesson, use that principle to interpret the examples connected with Photo Serbian - Simple Yes/No Questions.

Ask about a photograph of your own

Select the sentence closest to your life and make it true for you. Add a reason or time expression, ask another person a related question, and answer it without reading. For this post, keep your final version connected with the situation in Photo Serbian - Simple Yes/No Questions.

The middle column is not a translation but the same sentence in Cyrillic. Compare it with the Latin version, close the English column and check whether both forms trigger the same meaning. Apply that script strategy to the vocabulary in Photo Serbian - Simple Yes/No Questions.

Check your Serbian: Photo Serbian - Simple Yes/No Questions

Test active production: cover the examples, translate each cue and supply two Serbian spellings—Latin and Cyrillic—before opening the answer key. Keep every answer connected with Photo Serbian - Simple Yes/No Questions.

  1. Learning can be fun.
  2. Today I am choosing a new useful phrase.
  3. Use the expression in your conversation.
  4. Ask me one more time, please.
  5. Now I understand the main message.

Answers to the photo questions

  1. Učenje može da bude zabavno.
    Учење може да буде забавно.
  2. Danas biram novu korisnu frazu.
    Данас бирам нову корисну фразу.
  3. Upotrebi izraz u svom razgovoru.
    Употреби израз у свом разговору.
  4. Pitaj me još jednom, molim te.
    Питај ме још једном, молим те.
  5. Sada razumem glavnu poruku.
    Сада разумем главну поруку.