jelda

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From je (“is”) +‎ li (“if”) +‎ da (“yes”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jéldâ/

Particle

jéldâ (Cyrillic spelling је́лдâ)

  1. (informal, Croatia) interrogative particle used in tag questions, asking for an affirmation to a polar question; right?, is it?, is it not?, isn't it so?
    Izgubljeni smo, jelda? ― We are lost, right?
    To i nije tako loša ideja, jelda? ― That is not such a bad idea, is it?
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