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бы

[bɨ]A verbal particle used to render conditional and subjunctive mood

Frequency rank #33 About 1 in every 260 words in Russian film and TV. The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
бы #33

Meaning

  1. A verbal particle used to render conditional and subjunctive mood

Examples

Я бы э́то сде́лал.

I would have done it.

Я говори́л(а).

I spoke.

Forms by frequency

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