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I’ve encountered this sentence in a novel:

> 「私はもう助からない。だから **よいか** 、［名］…」

Followed by some instructions what to do after the speaker’s death.

What is puzzling me is the `よいか` at the end. From the context and also from
some translations I’ve found, this would mean something like “Listen!”:

> I can’t be saved any more. So listen, [name]…

That would make perfect sense. But I am unable to figure out, how can this
`よいか` carry such meaning. What is it composed of actually? Is the `よい` the
plain old `良い` and the `か` is a particle? Even if so, how come that connected
this way it becomes a call for an attention?

Even though looking up `よい` is almost hopeless, all the other possible
meanings are fit even worse.
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“よいか” in the meaning of “listen”?
よいか can be used like "Are you following?", "Are you ready (for the next words,
etc)?", "Do you understand?" etc. Basically it's similar to how English
speakers use "okay?". If said _before_ an important statement, it's like
"Listen."

よいか is rarely used in real-world conversations because it sounds pompous, but
some teachers use いいですか all the time at school.
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