verb, imperfective
very often used word (#7)
very often used word (#7)
Translation
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A good example is ручка which looks like
1. pen, ballpoint
2. handle, knob, grip
3. arm
4. arm rest
Usage Info
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Examples
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- Будь что будет, я не отступлю́сь. Come what may; I won't change my mind.
- Он был сам винова́т. It was his own fault.
- Когда-то я хоте́л быть астрофизиком. I once wanted to be an astrophysicist.
- Извините за опозда́ние, у меня бы́ло много рабо́ты. I'm sorry I am late, but there's been a lot of work to do.
- Вчера́ я был бо́лен. Yesterday I was ill.
- Мне всегда бы́ло интересно, как э́то - име́ть бра́тьев и сестер. I've always wondered what it'd be like to have siblings.
- Как я могу́ быть ро́ботом? Ро́боты не мечта́ют. How could I be a robot? Robots don't dream.
- Ему не бы́ло суждено встре́тить её ещё раз. He wasn't destined to see her again.
- Э́то бы́ло что-то, что я должен был запрограмми́ровать. It would be something I'd have to program.
- Выносить что-либо мо́жет быть невыносимо. Bearing can be unbearable.
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Imperative
| singular | бу́дь |
|---|---|
| plural | бу́дьте |
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 | бы́л |
|---|---|
| female | была́ |
| neuter | бы́ло |
| plural | бы́ли |
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 | есть | бу́ду быть |
| ты | есть | бу́дешь быть |
| он/она́/оно́ | есть | бу́дет быть |
| мы | есть | бу́дем быть |
| вы | есть | бу́дете быть |
| они́ | есть | бу́дут быть |
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