To Be

Be is an irregular verb. Infinitive form (to be):

byť быть

Present forms can be omitted (they vanished in some languages):

Singular form (I am):

ja sem я сем

See the resolution table for 1st person singular

Shortened form (I'm):

jasem ясем

See the resolution table for 1st person singular

Singular form (thou are):

ty si ты си

See the resolution table for 2nd person singular

3rd person regular form (he/she is) animate:

on/ona jest он/она єст

3rd person intermediate form (it/that is) inanimate:

to/ovo jes то/ово єс

3rd person short form (it's/that's) inanimate:

to/ovo je то/ово є

3rd person ultra short form:

to'e то'е

Plural form (we are):

my sme мы сме

See the resolution table for 1st person plural

Plural form (you are):

vy ste вы сте

See the resolution table for 2nd person plural

3rd person plural form (they are) animate:

one su оне су

3rd person plural form (these are):

ti su ти су

3rd person plural form (that are) inanimate:

ove su ове су

Animacy

Examples

to je dobre, то є добре (it's good)

diete jes dobre, дьете єс добре (child is good)

ti ljudi su dobre, ти люди су добре (these people are good)

jest dobry deń, єст добры день (it[there] is a good day)

jest mnogo ljudi, єст много люди (there are many people)

byl был

byl dobry deń, был добры день (it was a good day)

Examples

muž byl dobry, муж был добры (husband was good)

žena byla dobra, жена была добра (wife was good)

diete bylo dobre, дьете было добре (child was good)

bylo mnogo ljudi, было много люди (there were many people)

Declination

BE verb doesn't require Instrumental case but it can be used.

Instrumental exists only in Belarussian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian:

On jest dobrym synem (He is a good son [Instrumental])

Nominative version (Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Slovene):

On jest dobry syn (He is a good son [Nominative])

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