бива
Bulgarian
Etymology
See би́вам (bívam).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbivə]
Verb
би́ва • (bíva) impf
- (impersonal) it is (habitually), it happens, it occurs, (in the past) it used to be
- Elin Pelin, Sǎx. III, page 26, quoted in
- Би́вало е да го ви́дят отстрана́, че прика́зва не́що сам на се́бе си.
- Bívalo e da go vídjat otstraná, če prikázva néšto sam na sébe si.
- They used to see him from the side, saying something to himself.
- (literally, “It used to be that they would see him from the side, ...”)
- Elin Pelin, Sǎx. III, page 26, quoted in
- (impersonal) it ought to be, it should be (in a negative polarity context, e.g. when negated or in a question)
- Неби́ва така́!
- Ne bíva taká!
- It shouldn't be like that!
- (impersonal) one is good [+direct object pronoun of the person or thing who is good]
- Не гоби́ва за ни́що.
- Ne go bíva za níšto.
- He's not good for anything.
Conjugation
Conjugation of би́ва (conjugation 3, imperfective, intransitive, impersonal)
| participles | present active participle | past active aorist participle | past active imperfect participle | past passive participle | verbal noun | adverbial participle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | indefinite | — | — | — | — | би́вайки bívajki | |
| definite subject form | — | — | — | — | |||
| definite object form | — | — | — | — | |||
| feminine | indefinite | — | — | — | — | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
| neuter | indefinite | би́ващо bívašto | би́вало, бива́ло1 bívalo, biválo1 | би́вало bívalo | — | би́ване bívane | |
| definite | би́ващото bívaštoto | би́валото, бива́лото1 bívaloto, biváloto1 | — | — | би́ването bívaneto | ||
| plural | indefinite | — | — | — | — | би́вания, би́ванета bívanija, bívaneta | |
| definite | — | — | — | — | би́ванията, би́ванетата bívanijata, bívanetata | ||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present | — | — | би́ва bíva | — | — | — | |
| imperfect | — | — | би́ваше bívaše | — | — | — | |
| aorist | — | — | би́ва, бива́1 bíva, bivá1 | — | — | — | |
| 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 би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| past perfect | Use the imperfect indicative tense of съм and би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future indicative tense of съм and би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| future perfect in the past | Use the future in the past indicative tense of съм and би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| 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 би́вало | ||||||
| aorist | Use the present indicative tense of съм (leave it out in third person) and би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| 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 би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| future perfect and future perfect in the past | Use the future/future in the past renarrative tense of съм and би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| dubitative | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present and imperfect | Use the present/imperfect renarrative tense of съм and би́вало | ||||||
| aorist | Use the aorist renarrative tense of съм and би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| 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 би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| conclusive | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| present and imperfect | Use the present indicative tense of съм and би́вало | ||||||
| aorist | Use the present indicative tense of съм and би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| 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 би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| future perfect and future perfect in the past | Use the future/future in the past conclusive tense of съм and би́вало/бива́ло1 | ||||||
| conditional | аз | ти | той/тя/то | ние | вие | те | |
| Use the first aorist indicative tense of бъ́да and би́вало/бива́ло1 | |||||||
| imperative | - | ти | - | - | вие | - | |
| — | — | ||||||
1Dialectally marked.
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 琵琶 (びわ, biwa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbʲivə]
Noun
би́ва • (bíva) f inan (indeclinable)
- biwa (lute)