bivir

Ladino

Alternative forms

• bevir

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish bevir, bivir, vevir, viver, inherited from Latin vīvere (“to live”). Cognate of Spanish vivir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈviɾ/

Verb

bivir (Hebrew spelling ביב׳יר)

1. (intransitive) to live (be alive)

   Synonym: existir

   Coordinate term: morar

   • 2013 November 30, Jacobo Sefamí, Miriam Moscona, Por mi boka: Textos de la diáspora sefardí en ladino, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México, →ISBN, page 151:

     Asi biva Antonio ke se yamava de este modo.

     Long live Antonio, who was called from this world.

Conjugation

Ladino conjugation varies by dialect. The following table is a general overview.

Conjugation of bivir (regular ending in -ir)

Infinitive	Simple	bivir
	Compound	aver bivido
Gerund	Simple	biviendo
	Compound	aviendo bivido
Present Participle		biviente
Past Participle		Singular			Plural
	Masculine	bivido			bividos
	Femenine	bivida			bividas
Person		Singular			Plural
		First	Second	Third	First	Second	Third
Indicative		yo	tu	el/eya	mozotros	vozotros	eyos/eyas
	Present	bivo	bives	bive	bivimos	bivish	biven
	Imperfect	bivía	bivías	bivía	bivíamos	bivíash	bivían
	Preterite	biví	bivites	bivió	bivimos	bivitesh	bivieron
	Future	biviré	bivirás	bivirá	biviremos	bivirésh bivirásh1	bivirán
Subjunctive		yo	tu	el/eya	mozotros	vozotros	eyos/eyas
	Present	biva	bivas	biva	bivamos	bivash	bivan
	Imperfect	biviera	bivieras	biviera	biviéramos	bivierash	bivieran
Conditional		yo	tu	el/eya	mozotros	vozotros	eyos/eyas
	—	biviría	bivirías	biviría	biviríamos	biviríash	bivirían
Imperative		—	tu	—	mozotros	vozotros	—
	Affirmative		bive		bivamos	biví bivid
	Negative		no bivas		no bivamos	no bivash

1. Future forms ending in -ash are more common in speech than in writing.

Related terms

• bivez
• bivo
• vida

Old Spanish

Verb

bivir

1. alternative form of bevir

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “bivir”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 78