Contionary:būti

Pomorian

Etymology

From Old Pomorian būtei. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *būˀtei; cognates include Lithuanian būti, Latvian būt, Proto-Slavic *byti, Old Prussian būtwei, būtun.

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, to prosper” > “to become, to be”). Compare to Sanskrit भवति (bhavati) (“to become, to be”), Latin fīō (“I become”) and English be. The present tense forms come from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”), compare to Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimí) (“to be, to exist”), Old Irish and English is.

Pronunciation

/ˈbúː.tɪ/

Verb

bū́ti 4th conjugation (third-person present tense ẽs, third-person past tense bū͂)

1. to be, to exist

   'būti kė ne būti - to be or not to be'

2. to be at, to be located

   'bądå į damė - I will be' at home

   ku tu esi? - where are you

   kniega es ån stalė - the book is on the table

3. to happen

   'ati bąďe kė es - let it be as it is'

   vesėli bąde juotrė - the wedding will be tomorrow

   vihe būtų bąde - whatever is to happen will happen

Conjugation

1st conjugation A
Verb forms		singular			dual			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
		az	tu	je/ja/jå	muvi	juvi	jova/jėvi	mū	jū	jie/jo
Indicative	Present	esmì	esì	ẽs(t)	esvà	està	e͂ste	esmà	estè	są́(t)
	Past	buveĩ	buveĩ	bū͂	bùvė	bū́sta	bū́ste	bùvome	bùvote	bū͂vę
	Future	bą́då	bą́desi	bą́de(t)	bą́deva	bą́deta	bą́dete	bą́dema	bą́dete	bą́dą(t)
Imperative		—	bą́ďi	(ãti) bą́ďe(t)	bą́ďima	bą́ďita	bą́ďite	bą́ďima	bą́ďite	(ãti) bądą́(t)
Infinitive		bū́ti
Supine		bū́tų

Participles Active Active (short) Passive Present bùvąťe bùvą buvàme Past — bū́vu bū́ne Perfective bū́lu — bū́tu Continuous bū́vušu — buvą̃ťu Frequentative bū́náują — bū́náute

Participles Active Passive Present adverbial bùvątau bùvamau Past adverbial bū́vau bū́nau

Participles Necessitative bądįtìni Conditional bą̃dęťi