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HE ТАК ЛИ? coll Invar used to form a question out of an affirm or neg statement fixed WO

(what I said) is correct, is it not?: isn't that so (right, true)?

(am I) right? don't you agree? (after an affirm statement) don't you think (so)? isn't (doesn't etc) it? don't (haven't, aren't etc) you (they etc)? (after a neg statement) is it?

do (have, are etc) you (they etc)? «Вам нужна земля, не так ли?» (Гоголь 3). "You need land, isn't that so?" (3b).

«...За космической гранью неминуемо нужно признать божественную силу. Не так ли?» (Гроссман 2). "Beyond a cosmic boundary, we have to admit the presence of a divine power. Right?" (2a).

Ведь обидеться иногда очень приятно, не так ли?» (Достоевский 1). "It sometimes feels very good to take offense, doesn't it?" (1a).