быть
[bɨtʲ]to be
Frequency rank
#9
About 1 in every 71 words in Russian film and TV.
The top 100 words make up 53.1% of everything said.
Meaning
- to be
- there be
Examples
Вчера́ я был до́ма.
Так бы́ло, так есть и так бу́дет всегда́!
Forms by frequency
- естьsingular, 1st person, present#34
- бы́лmasculine, singular, past#44
- бы́лоneuter, singular, past#49
- бы́тьinfinitive#55
- бу́детsingular, 3rd person, future#57
- была́feminine, singular, past#76
- бы́лиplural, past#114
- бу́дуsingular, 1st person, future#139
- бу́демplural, 1st person, future#231
- бу́дешьsingular, 2nd person, future#247
- бу́дутplural, 3rd person, future#294
- бу́дьimperative, singular, 2nd person#444
- бу́детеplural, 2nd person, future#568
- бу́дьтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#1,359
and 6 more forms
Words near #9
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