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Meaning of бива | Babel Free

Verb CEFR A2 Common

[ˈbivɐ]

Definitions

it is (habitually), it happens, it occurs, (in the past) it used to be
impersonal
it ought to be, it should be (in a negative polarity context, e.g. when negated or in a question)
impersonal
one is good
impersonal

Equivalents

العربية بَيْنَ بَيْنَ نُصّ نُصّ نِصْف نِصْف

Azərbaycanca elə-belə

Български горе-долу

Català així així

Čeština všelijaký

Cymraeg felly felly

Deutsch so la la so lala soso

Ελληνικά έτσι κι έτσι

English so-so

Español así así más o menos me defiendo ni fu ni fa pasable regular templado

Suomi niin ja näin

Français comme ci comme ça couci-couça

עברית ככה־ככה

Magyar szoszo

Bahasa Indonesia biasa saja

Italiano così così

日本語まあまあ

한국어 그저 그래요 그저 그렇게

Kurdî şoşo

Македонски така-така

Nederlands zozo

Polski średnio tak sobie

Português assim assim, assim-assim assim, assim mais ou menos

Русский ничего сре́дненький та́к себе

Shqip çka

Svenska sådär

ไทย งั้น ๆ เฉย ๆ เรื่อย ๆ

Tiếng Việt tam tam

Examples

“Elin Pelin, Sǎx. III, page 26, quoted in https://ibl.bas.bg/rbe/lang/bg/%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC/ Би́вало е да го ви́дят отстрана́, че прика́зва не́що сам на се́бе си. Bívalo e da go vídjat otstraná, če prikázva néšto sam na sébe si. They used to see him from the side, saying something to himself.”

(literally, “It used to be that they would see him from the side, ...”)

“Не би́ва така́!”

It shouldn't be like that!

“Не го би́ва за ни́що.”

He's not good for anything.

CEFR level

Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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Meaning of бива | Babel Free

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