koliko

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koliko.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kolǐko/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧li‧ko

Adverb

kolìko (Cyrillic spelling колѝко)

  1. (interrogative) how much, how many
    Koliko imaš vremena?How much time do you have?
    Koliko je sati?What time is it?
    Koliko puta?How many times?
    Koliko dugo?(For) How long?
  2. (in comparisons, formal, preceded by onoliko) as, as much/many as
    Kupite onoliko igračaka koliko je djece.Buy as many toys as there are children.
    On je skoro onoliko visok koliko i ja.He is almost as tall as I am.
  3. (with generalization particle god) no matter how much/how many
    Koliko god mu daš, nikad nije dosta!No matter how much you give him, it's never enough!
  4. (with generalization particle god) as far as
    Koliko ja znam, to više nije prihvaćeno kao činjenica.As far as I know, that's no longer accepted as fact!

Antonyms


Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koliko.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkòːlikɔ/, /ˈkóːlikɔ/
  • Tonal orthography: kọ́liko, kọ̑liko

Adverb

kóliko

  1. how much, how many (what amount)
    koliko je ura? — what time is it?
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