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Verb to be in Russian

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In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨THE VERB TO BE¨ in Russian.

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ENGLISH	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH	RUSSIAN	PRONUNCIATION BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
I was (MALE)	yah buhl	Я  БЫЛ	iá bâl	Eu era / Eu estava (MAS)
I was (FEMALE)	yah buh lah	Я  БЫЛA	iá bâ la	Eu era / Eu estava (FEM)
You were (MALE)	tuh buhl	TЫ БЫЛ	tâ bâl	Você era / Você estava (MAS)
You were (MALE)	tuh buh lah	TЫ БЫЛA	tâ bâ la	Você era / Você estava (FEM)
He was	ohn buhl	OH БЫЛ	on bâl	Ele era / Ele estava
She was	ah nah buh lah	OHA БЫЛA	aná bâ la	Ela era / Ela estava
We were	muh buh lih	MЫ БЫЛИ	mâ bâli	Nós éramos / Nós estávamos
You were (plural)	vuh buh lih	BЫ  БЫЛИ	vâ bali	Vocês eram / Vocês estavam
They were	ah nih buh lih	OHИ БЫЛИ	aní bâli	Eles eram / Eles estavam Elas eram / Elas estavam

The translation to Russian of the verb "to be" is быть, but the infinitive is not very used.

In the present

The present of the verb to be does not exist.

For example if you want to say: "He is not at home", in Russian it will be "Его нет дома", or the opposite, "He is at home" will be "Он дома".

Another example: "I am interpreter" it will be, without verb "Я - переводчик"

For more complicated sentences, we will use an equivalent: "I think, therefore I am" which translates to "Я мыслю, следовательно, существую", that is, word-by-word "I think, therefore I exist".

To say "This", we will use "Это", "This is my house" gives "Это мой дом", "This is my apartment" gives "Это моя квартира".

To say "That" we will use "То", "That is what I was talking about" gives "Именно то о чём я говорил"

In the future

Here is how the verb is conjugated in the future.

• я буду

• ты будешь

• он будет
• она будет

• мы будем

• вы будете

• они будут

And two examples: "I will be in Paris" => "Я буду в Париже" / "He will be displeased" => "Он будет недоволен"

In the past

Here is the conjugation of the verb to be in the past:

• male: я, ты, он был

• female: я, ты, она была

• neutral: оно было

• plural: мы, вы, они были