See also: бѣда

Bulgarian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *byti.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɤdɐ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

бъ́да (bǎ́da) first-singular present indicativeimpf or pf, see also съм (sǎm)

  1. to be
    Да бъдеш или да не бъдеш.
    Da bǎdeš ili da ne bǎdeš.
    To be or not to be.
    Искам да бъда лекар.
    Iskam da bǎda lekar.
    I want to be a doctor.
  2. (auxiliary) used with the past active aorist participle to form the conditional mood
    Бих писал.
    Bih pisal.
    I would write.
  3. (auxiliary) used with the past passive participle to form the passive voice
    Ще бъдат продадени.
    Šte bǎdat prodadeni.
    They will have been sold.
    Бидоха убити.
    Bidoha ubiti.
    They were killed.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • бъда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • бъда”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010