быть
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[edit] Russian
[edit] Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic бъіти.
[edit] Verb
быть (byt’) (impf.), бывать (byvát’) iterative aspect
- to be
- Так бы́ло, так есть и так бу́дет всегда́! — from the Hymn of the Russian Federation.
- So it was, so it is, and so it will always be!
- Так бы́ло, так есть и так бу́дет всегда́! — from the Hymn of the Russian Federation.
[edit] Usage notes
Omitted in the present tense except in the third-person singular, which is used occasionally to express possession or definition.
[edit] Conjugation
| Imperfective aspect | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ||
| corresponding verbs | normal | reflexive |
| imperfective | быть | |
| perfective | ||
| future tense | singular | plural |
| 1st person | бу́ду | бу́дем |
| 2nd person | бу́дешь | бу́дете |
| 3rd person | бу́дет | бу́дут |
| present tense | singular | plural |
| 1st person | (есмь) | (есмы́) |
| 2nd person | (еси́) | (е́сте) |
| 3rd person | есть | (суть) |
| imperative | будь | бу́дьте |
| present participle active | су́щий | |
| present participle passive | ||
| present adverbial participle | бу́дучи | |
| past tense | singular | plural |
| masculine | был | бы́ли |
| feminine | была́ | |
| neuter | бы́ло | |
| past participle active | бы́вший | |
| past participle passive | ||
| past adverbial participle | ||
| verbal nouns | ||
Note 1: words enclosed in parentheses are obsolete or informal.
Note 2: for declension of participles, see their entries. Adverbial participles are indeclinable.
Other forms:
- past negative:
- не́ был, не была́, не́ было, не́ были
- future active participle:
