быць
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Belarusian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old East Slavic бꙑти (byti), from Proto-Slavic *byti.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
быць • (bycʹ) impf
- to be
Usage notes[edit]
- It is omitted in the present tense except in the third-person singular ёсць, which is used either to emphasise the existence of the subject, a predicate meaning “there is” or to express possession (English verb "to have").
- У мяне́ ёсць пыта́нне. ― U mjanjé joscʹ pytánnje. ― I have a question.
- It is usually expressed in the present tense as a pause, represented in the written language by a dash after nouns (but not after pronouns). It is not used if the predicate is an adjective.
- However, the dash is not written in third person impersonal adverbial phrases.
- Other verbs such as быва́ць (byvácʹ) and стаць (stacʹ) can also be used instead.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of быць
imperfective aspect | ||
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infinitive | быць (bycʹ) | |
adverbial | present tense | past tense |
бу́дучы (búdučy) | — | |
present tense | future tense | |
1st singular (я (ja)) | — | бу́ду (búdu) |
2nd singular (ты (ty)) | — | бу́дзеш (búdzješ) |
3rd singular (ён (jon)/яна́ (janá)/яно́ (janó)) | ёсць (joscʹ) | бу́дзе (búdzje) |
1st plural (мы (my)) | — | бу́дзем (búdzjem) |
2nd plural (вы (vy)) | — | бу́дзеце (búdzjecje) |
3rd plural (яны́ (janý)) | — | бу́дуць (búducʹ) |
imperative | singular | plural |
будзь (budzʹ) | бу́дзьце (búdzʹcje) | |
past tense | singular | plural (мы (my), вы (vy), яны́ (janý)) |
masculine (я (ja), ты (ty), ён (jon)) | быў (byŭ) | былі́ (bylí) |
feminine (я (ja), ты (ty), яна́ (janá)) | была́ (bylá) | |
neuter (яно́ (janó)) | было́ (byló) |
References[edit]
- “быць” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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