być.
to be (used to indicate sameness or membership in a class)
Meaning & usage
to be (used to indicate sameness or membership in a class)
Jestem Kamil, a to jest Marta.
On jest nauczycielem chemii.
to be (used for predication)
Jestem potwornie zmęczona.
Czemu jesteś dziś taki nie w sosie?
to be (used to indicate the time of day)
Jutro będzie piątek.
used to form the future tense of imperfective verbs
Będziesz dzisiaj sprzątać/sprzątała?
used to form the pluperfect tense
to be, there be (used to indicate location)
Dlaczego w moim pokoju jest tylko jedno łóżko, a w jej są dwa?
synonym of spędzać
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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