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пробы́ть

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verbperfective imperfective is пробыва́ть
  • 1.

    to stay, to remain, to spend (time somewhere)

    Мы пробы́ли в Москве́ три дня.

    We stayed in Moscow for three days.

    Perfective; implies a definite, bounded period spent in a place.

  • 2.

    to be (for a time), to serve (as)

    Он пробы́л дире́ктором пять лет.

    He was director for five years.

    With a predicate noun or state: how long someone was something.

Examples

Conjugation

PresentFuture
я-
пробу́ду
ты-
пробу́дешь
он/она́/оно́-
пробу́дет
мы-
пробу́дем
вы-
пробу́дете
они́-
пробу́дут
Imperative
ты
пробу́дь
вы
пробу́дьте
Past
masculine
пробы́л, про́был
feminine
пробыла́
neuter
пробы́ло, про́было
plural
пробы́ли, про́были

Participles

Active present

-

Active past

пробы́вший

having stayed, who has stayed, who has been

Passive present

-

Passive past

-

Gerund present

-

Gerund past

пробы́в

пробывши

while doing (past)

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  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
  • Michel edited translation 11 months ago.
  • Michel edited translation 11 months ago.
  • Michel edited past forms 11 months ago.