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być.

to be (used to indicate sameness or membership in a class)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈbɘt͡ɕ//bɨt͡ɕ/Middle, Polish[ˈbɘt͡ɕ][ˈbɘt͡ɕ]
  1. to be (used to indicate sameness or membership in a class)

    copulative · imperfective
    Jestem Kamil, a to jest Marta.
    On jest nauczycielem chemii.
  2. to be (used for predication)

    auxiliary · copulative · imperfective
    Jestem potwornie zmęczona.
    Czemu jesteś dziś taki nie w sosie?
  3. to be (used to indicate the time of day)

    copulative · imperfective
    Jutro będzie piątek.
  4. used to form the future tense of imperfective verbs

    auxiliary · imperfective · intransitive
    Będziesz dzisiaj sprzątać/sprzątała?
  5. used to form the pluperfect tense

    archaic · auxiliary · imperfective · intransitive · past
  6. to be, there be (used to indicate location)

    imperfective · intransitive
    Dlaczego w moim pokoju jest tylko jedno łóżko, a w jej są dwa?
  7. synonym of spędzać

    imperfective · transitive
    Kázáł mu król, żeby był noc z niedźwiedziem.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Old Polish być Polish być Inherited from Old Polish być.

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