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be
Also: happen, occur, take place
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Separate translations by commata. New major meaning should get a new line entry.
A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest
Usage Info
Examples
- Хоро́шая о́бувь не быва́ет слишком дорогой. You can't pay too much for good shoes.
- У Вас быва́ет изжо́га? Do you have heartburn?
- Быва́ет. Things happen.
- Вы там уже быва́ли? Have you ever been there?
- Иногда я быва́ю не в ду́хе. I'm sometimes in a bad temper.
- Вы когда-нибудь быва́ли в Африке? Have you ever been to Africa?
- Из ничего ничего не быва́ет. Nothing can come of nothing.
- По воскресе́ньям мы не всегда быва́ем дома. We are not always at home on Sundays.
- Раньше ему никогда не приходи́лось быва́ть на Окинаве. He has never been to Okinawa before.
- Разве быва́ют колоко́льни без лету́чих мыше́й? How can you have a belfry without bats?
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Imperative
| singular | быва́й |
|---|---|
| plural | быва́йте |
Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
Past
| male | быва́л |
|---|---|
| female | быва́ла |
| neuter | быва́ло |
| plural | быва́ли |
Accents: Mark the accent with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
Present / Future
| Present | Future | |
|---|---|---|
| я | быва́ю | бу́ду быва́ть |
| ты | быва́ешь | бу́дешь быва́ть |
| он/она́/оно́ | быва́ет | бу́дет быва́ть |
| мы | быва́ем | бу́дем быва́ть |
| вы | быва́ете | бу́дете быва́ть |
| они́ | быва́ют | бу́дут быва́ть |
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