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kad
kad
Ido
Alternative forms
- ka (often used before a consonant)
Particle
kad
- whether, if
- Me dubitas kad il venos.
- I doubt whether he will come.
- Me dubitas kad il venos.
- used at the beginning of a sentence to turn it into a question
- Kad il amas me?
- Does he love me?
- Kad il amas me?
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷod.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐd]
Conjunction
kàd
- that
- when
- 'cause
- so as to, in order to
Synonyms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *kogъda, a compound of *ko (from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos) and *gъda, genitive singular of *godъ (compare Old Church Slavonic годъ (godŭ, “right time”)), thus originally meaning "at what time".
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâd/
Conjunction
kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)
- (interrogative) when
- Kad ćeš doći? — When will you come?
- when
- Ne znam kad ću stići na sastanak. — I don't know when I will arrive at the meeting.
- Samo što je pala noć, kad poče kiša. — The night has just fallen, when the rain began.
- if
- Kad bih samo imao malo više slobodnog vremena.. — If only I had a little more free time...
- in miscellaneous constructs
- kad(a) god — whenever
- malo kad — rarely
- kad-tad — sooner or later
- (t)ko zna kad — who knows when
Adverb
kȁd (Cyrillic spelling ка̏д)
- ever (compare ȉkad)
- Da li si kad bio u Beču? — Have you ever been to Vienna?
- sometimes (compare nȅkad)
- Idem na posao kad tramvajem, kad autobusom. — I go to work sometimes by tram, and sometimes by bus.
- kako kad, kad kako — sometimes this way, sometimes that way
- in miscellaneous constructs
- imati kad (za..) — to have enough time (for..)
- Nisam imao kad da ti se javim. — I didn't have enough time to call you.
Synonyms
- (Croatia) gda
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *kadъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâːd/
Noun
kȃd m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑д)
Declension
Declension of kad
singular | |
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nominative | kad |
genitive | kada |
dative | kadu |
accusative | kad |
vocative | kade |
locative | kadu |
instrumental | kadom |
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic, from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkát/
- Tonal orthography: kȁd
Noun
kàd f (genitive kadí, nominative plural kadí)