бивам
Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *byvati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbivəm]
Verb
би́вам • (bívam) impf
- to be (somewhere)
- дъ́лго не съм би́вал там ― dǎ́lgo ne sǎm bíval tam ― I haven't been there for a long time
- (colloquial) to exist, to be possible, there is (often in the negative)
- 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.
- (Poslov, P. R. Slaveykov, BP I, page 38, quoted in )
- to happen, to occur
- to be (+ adjective)
- used with a past passive participle to form the passive voice, normally with past-tense meaning
- по не́йно настоя́ване, момче́то на́й-по́сле би́ва отвъ́рзано.
- po néjno nastojávane, momčéto náj-pósle bíva otvǎ́rzano.
- At her insistence, the boy was finally untied.
- (T. Vlyakov, Pr. I, page 17, quoted in )
- (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 | |||||||
| 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.