кад
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".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâd/
Conjunction
ка̏д (Latin spelling kȁd)
- (interrogative) when
- Кад ћеш доћи? — When will you come?
- when
- Не знам кад ћу стићи на састанак. — I don't know when I will arrive at the meeting.
- Само што је пала ноћ, кад поче киша. — The nigh has just fallen, when the rain began.
- (subjunctive only) if (= да)
- Кад бих само имао мало више слободног времена.. — If only I had a little more free time...
- in miscellaneous constructs
- кад(а) год — whenever
- мало кад — rarely
- кад-тад — sooner or later
- (т)ко зна кад — who knows when
Adverb
ка̏д (Latin spelling kȁd)
- ever (compare и̏кад)
- Да ли си кад био у Бечу? — Have you ever been to Vienna?
- sometimes (compare не̏кад)
- Идем на посао кад трамвајем, кад аутобусом. — I go to work sometimes by tram, and sometimes by bus.
- како кад, кад како — sometimes this way, sometimes that way
- in miscellaneous constructs
- имати кад (за..) — to have enough time (for..)
- Нисам имао кад да ти се јавим. — I didn't have enough time to call you.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *kadъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâːd/
Declension
Declension of кад
singular | |
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nominative | кад |
genitive | када |
dative | каду |
accusative | кад |
vocative | каде |
locative | каду |
instrumental | кадом |
Yagnobi
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