бивам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byvati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbivɐm]

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Verb

би́вам • (bívam) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. to be (somewhere)

   дъ́лго не съм би́вал там

   dǎ́lgo ne sǎm bíval tam

   I haven't been there for a long time

2. (colloquial) to exist, to be possible, there is (often in the negative)
   • Poslov, P. R. Slaveykov, BP I, page 38, quoted in [1]

     Без е́дене, без пи́ене сла́дки при́казки не би́ват.

     Bez édene, bez píene sládki príkazki ne bívat.

     There are no sweet tales without eating and drinking.

3. to happen, to occur
4. to be [+adjective]
5. used with a past passive participle to form the passive voice, normally with past-tense meaning
   • T. Vlyakov, Pr. I, page 17, quoted in [2]

     по не́йно настоя́ване, момче́то на́й-по́сле би́ва отвъ́рзано.

     po néjno nastojávane, momčéto náj-pósle bíva otvǎ́rzano.

     At her insistence, the boy was finally untied.

6. (impersonal) Various meanings; see би́ва (bíva).

Conjugation

    Conjugation of би́вам (conjugation 3, imperfective, intransitive)

participles		present active participle	past active aorist participle	past active imperfect participle	past passive participle	verbal noun	adverbial participle
masculine	indefinite	би́ващ bívašt	би́вал, бива́л1 bíval, bivál1	би́вал bíval	—		би́вайки bívajki
	definite subject form	би́ващият bívaštijat	би́валият, бива́лият1 bívalijat, biválijat1	—	—
	definite object form	би́ващия bívaštija	би́валия, бива́лия1 bívalija, biválija1	—	—
feminine	indefinite	би́ваща bívašta	би́вала, бива́ла1 bívala, bivála1	би́вала bívala	—
	definite	би́ващата bívaštata	би́валата, бива́лата1 bívalata, biválata1	—	—
neuter	indefinite	би́ващо bívašto	би́вало, бива́ло1 bívalo, biválo1	би́вало bívalo	—	би́ване bívane
	definite	би́ващото bívaštoto	би́валото, бива́лото1 bívaloto, biváloto1	—	—	би́ването bívaneto
plural	indefinite	би́ващи bívašti	би́вали, бива́ли1 bívali, biváli1	би́вали bívali	—	би́вания, би́ванета bívanija, bívaneta
	definite	би́ващите bívaštite	би́валите, бива́лите1 bívalite, biválite1	—	—	би́ванията, би́ванетата bívanijata, bívanetata

person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present		би́вам bívam	би́ваш bívaš	би́ва bíva	би́ваме bívame	би́вате bívate	би́ват bívat
imperfect		би́вах bívah	би́ваше bívaše	би́ваше bívaše	би́вахме bívahme	би́вахте bívahte	би́ваха bívaha
aorist		би́вах, бива́х1 bívah, biváh1	би́ва, бива́1 bíva, bivá1	би́ва, бива́1 bíva, bivá1	би́вахме, бива́хме1 bívahme, biváhme1	би́вахте, бива́хте1 bívahte, biváhte1	би́ваха, бива́ха1 bívaha, biváha1
future	pos.	Use ще followed by the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́ма да followed by the present indicative tense
future in the past	pos.	Use the imperfect indicative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́маше да followed by the present indicative tense
present perfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
past perfect		Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
future perfect		Use the future indicative tense of съм and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
future perfect in the past		Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
renarrative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and би́вал m, би́вала f, би́вало n, or би́вали pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
dubitative		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and би́вал m, би́вала f, би́вало n, or би́вали pl
aorist		Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect dubitative tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало било́ да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		none
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past dubitative tense of съм and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
conclusive		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
present and imperfect		Use the present indicative tense of съм and би́вал m, би́вала f, би́вало n, or би́вали pl
aorist		Use the present indicative tense of съм and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
future and future in the past	pos.	Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of ща followed by да and the present indicative tense
	neg.	Use ня́мало е да and the present indicative tense
present and past perfect		Use the present/imperfect conclusive tense of съм and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
future perfect and future perfect in the past		Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
conditional		аз	ти	той/тя/то	ние	вие	те
		Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and би́вал/бива́л1 m, би́вала/бива́ла1 f, би́вало/бива́ло1 n, or би́вали/бива́ли1 pl
imperative		-	ти	-	-	вие	-
			би́вай bívaj			би́вайте bívajte

¹Dialectally marked.