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RUSSIAN VERB

бывать

to happen, to occur, to be from time to time

  • #88 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

  1. я I happen
  2. ты you happen
  3. он, она, оно he/she happens
  4. мы we happen
  5. вы you all happen
  6. они they happen

Past

Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила

  1. он he happened
  2. она she happened
  3. оно it happened
  4. они they happened

Future

Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself

  1. я I will happen
  2. ты you will happen
  3. он, она, оно he/she will happen
  4. мы we will happen
  5. вы you all will happen
  6. они they will happen

Conditional

Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”

  1. он he would happen
  2. она she would happen
  3. оно it would happen
  4. они they would happen

Imperative

Повелительное наклонение · requests and orders: ты, вы

  1. ты happen!
  2. вы happen! (formal, or all of you)

How to use бывать

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Я редко бываю дома раньше восьми.

    I'm rarely home before eight.

  2. Past

    В детстве мы бывали у бабушки каждое лето.

    As children we visited Grandma every summer.

  3. Future

    Теперь я буду бывать у вас чаще.

    Now I'll come to see you more often.

  4. Conditional

    Я бы бывала на море каждый год.

    I'd go to the sea every year.

  5. Imperative

    Бывайте у нас почаще, мы всегда рады.

    Come and see us more often, we're always glad.

Good to know

  • Бывать is to be somewhere now and then: я часто бываю в Москве. Бывает is it happens, these things happen; не бывает, there's no such thing.

Where you hear бывать

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Russian · Fluency Level 3

  • Ошибки бывают всегда. There are always mistakes.
  • Раньше здесь бывало много гостей. There used to be many guests here.
  • Такое ещё будет бывать. That will keep happening.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.