колико
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koliko.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]колѝко (Latin spelling kolìko)
- (interrogatively) how much, how many
- колико имаш година? ― How old are you?
- колико имаш јабука? ― How many apples do you have?
- колико је сати? ― What time is it?
- колико пута? ― How many times?
- колико дуго? ― (For) how long?
- as much as, as many as, as
- купи онолико играчака колико је дјеце. ― Buy as many toys as there are children.
- она је скоро интелигентна колико и ја. ― She is almost as intelligent as I am.
- (ма̏ + ~, ~ + год) no matter how much
- колико год му даш, никад му није доста. ― No matter how much you give him, it's never enough for him.
Further reading
[edit]- “колико”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025